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Kenya: Artivists Versus the State
The role of a new type of activist - the “artivist” - is becoming increasingly important in Kenya and beyond.
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A First-Hand Account From the Turkish Border
If and when these stacks fall and military intervention is undertaken in Syria, the question remains: Where will the Syrian civilian stand when the dust settles?
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India’s Women Lose the Election
India, the world's largest democracy, has a mere 11.4 percent women in both houses of Parliament, compared to the world average of 21.8 percent.
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UN Election: Why Secretary John Kerry Should Deny Visa to Uganda’s Sam Kutesa
Mr. Secretary, as Global citizens who still cherish and believe in the ideals of the United Nations, we urge you to do the right thing and revoke Mr. Kutesa's …
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Why Getting Arrested to Resist Keystone XL Is Legally Justified
Jeremy Brecher says direct action in protesting the Keystone XL pipeline is necessary to prevent a far greater harm.
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Earth: Game Over?
John Feffer: We're in the middle of a sixth mass extinction, and this will be the first one - and possibly the last - we will witness as human …
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General Bentley Rayburn Is Wrong Regarding Air Force Academy Cadets’ Religious Rights
The United States military is a hyper-tribal, adversarial, communal and ritualistic world, which far too very few American citizens fully understand.
US Plutocracy and the Dodd-Frank Sausage Machine
With the rapid concentration of wealth in a few well-manicured hands and the right-wing US Supreme Court declaring money to be speech, the US surge toward oligarchy has gained …
Racism and Criminalization in the Media
A recent ‘People’ magazine cover sparks consideration of the hiding-in-plain-sight but never-discussed racism that characterizes the United States and the ways US media subtly sustain that racism.
The Bleaching of San Francisco: Extreme Gentrification and Suburbanized Poverty in the Bay Area
San Francisco is experiencing a wave of unprecedented hyper-gentrification and urban removal.