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A Carbon Tax Is Absolutely Essential
What do a major investment from Verizon and the melting of our polar ice caps have in common? A lot more than you may think.
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Ferguson Is All of Us
Instead of being able to reflect on the distance we have traveled since 1964, the horrific events unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri only served to remind us of how far …
COSMOLOGY 101
Poetry by Emanuel Garcia
Fed Chair Signals Possible Policy Shift on Unemployment
Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed chair Janet Yellen's recent comments on bringing unemployment down could be positive but Fed policy still remains toothless in helping out working Americans.
Blowback: Vijay Prashad on How Islamic State Grew Out of US Invasion of Iraq
Militants from Islamic State stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces.
Hip-Hop Voices Talib Kweli and Rosa Clemente in Ferguson, “Ground Zero” for Police Brutality Struggle
Mourners are gathered in St. Louis for the funeral of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager killed by a white police officer on August 9.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Tens of Millions of Americans Struggle With Hunger, and More
In the richest nation on Earth, tens of millions of Americans are struggling to find enough to eat, and more.
The Rebirth of the West
Cultures flourish from time to time, just as plants and flowers do
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Racism, Football Follies and the Killing of Michael Brown
Violence against blacks has a long history in this country from slavery to Jim Crow to struggles over desegregation.
The Marshall Islands Will Not Give Up
The Marshall Islands files Opposition to US motion to dismiss Nuclear Zero lawsuit.