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Supreme Court Hears Argentina Predatory Hedge Fund Discovery Case
On Monday, the Supreme Court hears arguments between Argentina and holdouts who refused two debt restructuring deals after Argentina defaulted on its debts in 2001.
Pro-Life and Social Death: A Portrait of Tennessee
One Tennessee new law proposes to bring back the electric chair should lethal injection drugs prove unavailable. The other would allow for criminal assault charges to be brought against …
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Michio Kaku’s Presentation of Science and Technology is Triumphantly Naïve
Working towards the cure for Alzheimer's is truly noble, and on the surface seems benign and good-willed enough. However, one need neither be a pessimist to find this presentation …
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The Brief Life and Times a Nigger from Palestine
By treating the needs of the people as holy, Jesus and his followers troubled religious and political elites conception of themselves.
Radical Philosophy and the Free Alabama Movement
The Free Alabama Movement (FAM) seeks to analyze, resist, and transform prison slavery from within the Prison Industrial Complex.
Obama Plans Clemency for “Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands” of People Sentenced for Drug Law Violations
Obama is prepared to use his pardon power to grant clemency to “hundreds, perhaps thousands” of people who have been jailed for nonviolent drug crimes.
“Fierce Green Fire” Documentary Explores Environmental Movement’s Global Rise
In an Earth Day special, Amy Goodman looks at the history of the global environmental movement as told in the sweeping new documentary, "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle …
Greek Politics Four Years After the Financial Crisis
Leo Panitch on the left Coalition: Syriza and the struggle against austerity.
Four Years After BP Disaster, Ousted Drilling Chief Warns US at Risk of Another Oil Spill
Elizabeth Birnbaum, who was director of the Minerals Management Service in the Interior Department at the time of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, warns the risk of another offshore oil …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Block the Paycheck Fairness Act, and More
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act and upheld a boss's right to punish workers for talking about unfair pay practices, and more.