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Conflict With Local Communities Hits Mining and Oil Companies Where It Hurts
Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year.
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Should Health Care Be Rationed? It Already Is
Why don't we make our means-tested system of rationing more rational, and, like other wealthy countries, base it on medical need rather than financial means?
Living as Slaves: How the Poorest Nepali Workers Get Exploited in the Richest Arab Nation
Nepali youth flock to Qatar in search of a better life but they are subjected to a life of slavery miles away from home.
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The War on Drugs Destroys Lives: Here Are Six Things You Can Do About It
The movement to end the violence through the decriminalization of drugs has never had so much momentum. And it's never been easier to get involved.
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The Master’s House Is Burning: bell hooks, Cornel West and the Tyranny of Neoliberalism
Cornel West critiques Barack Obama, bell hooks calls Beyonce a terrorist, and contemporary black intellectuals take to the interwebs to express disgust.
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Toxic Technology
Apple and other big manufacturers must swap less-deadly chemicals for the cancerous ones poisoning their Chinese workers.
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The End of Choice
We should pass a law - a new version of the Sherman Act - that says that whenever a company reaches a point where they have more than a …
Debating Snowden, the New York Times and Palestinian Brass Knuckles
FAIR's Peter Hart discusses the mainstream media's debate on Edward Snowden, how activists had to pressure New York Times editors to issue a correction about Palestinian Brass Knuckles, and …
Critical Pedagogy “Album Review”
Michael Demana created this video for Ashland University's “Critical Pedagogy” class. It pretends that Henry A. Giroux's book is an album by the band HG and the Progressives. The …
Newark Mayoral Election: Street Fight 2014
A mayoral election in Newark, New Jersey becomes a battle for the soul of the city.