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Brown’s Bittersweet Legacy
Public schools are more segregated today than they've been since 1968.
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Noam Chomsky | Red Lines in Ukraine and Elsewhere
This era's most extreme international crime, the US-UK invasion of Iraq, was not a break in world order because the aggressors didn't cross Russian or Chinese red lines. In …
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The Economic Plans of the Kiev Government Will Spell Ruin for a Great Many in Ukraine
Ukraine's “turn to the West,” together with the effects of austerity, will deindustrialize Ukraine and turn it into an agricultural appendage of the EU.
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Tornado Survival Tips
With thousands of flattened homes and numerous devastated communities in the aftermath of this week's widespread tornadoes, it is worthwhile to revisit tornado safety tips.
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Retirement Accounts for Everyone
The Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that create a publicly administered retirement plan that would be open to anyone who works at a company with more than five …
Hundreds of Thousands March for May Day Worldwide
A wrap-up of the world's May Day protests against austerity for worker rights.
The Lobbyists Behind Senate Failure to Advance Minimum Wage Increase
Twenty low-wage dependent trade groups band together to shut down the Senate's minimum wage hike, although the majority of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage.
Brown Student Lena Sclove Speaks Out After School Lets Her Accused Rapist Return to Campus
The issue of sexual assault on college campuses has been in the spotlight this week with a White House task force urging schools to take action.
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Don’t Let Net Neutrality Become Another Broken Promise
President Obama could stiffen Tom Wheeler's spine on net neutrality with one phone call. But that's not likely, given the broken promises that litter the White House grounds.
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The US Should Accept Palestinian Unity
While Palestinians celebrated the reconciliation agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas, the reactions in Washington and Israel were reminiscent of the biblical “weeping and gnashing of teeth.”