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The Race for the Future of Newark Public Schools
The degree of free-market education “reform” for Newark's schools has become a key issue in Tuesday's hotly contested mayoral race.
The Road to Ruin: Can We Afford the Anti-Tax Movement?
Privatizing infrastructure improvements depends on public money - and a lot of it, points out Ellen Dannin.
Cornealious “Mike” Anderson and Mandatory Sentences
Considering the decimation of families and communities brought about by mass incarceration, what is the societal value of locking up people for such amounts of time?
The Three Faces of Drone War: Speaking Truth From the Robotic Heavens
Some people who have been involved in drone assassination campaigns in distant parts of the world, using the fruits of the NSA's electronic surveillance, are hoping to draw attention …
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Henry A. Giroux | Noam Chomsky and the Public Intellectual in Turbulent Times
Noam Chomsky reminds us that caring about other people is a dangerous idea in America today, and he trades in ideas that defy scholastic disciplines and intellectual boundaries, says …
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Does Cliven Bundy Represent the Ugly American?
Our media should identify and shame “Ugly Americans” like Cliven Bundy and his ATV buddies for what they are: the American Taliban.
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Chris Hedges | The Power of Imagination
The prosaic world of facts, data, science, news, technology, business and the military is cut off from the mysteries of creation and existence.
Does a Higher Minimum Wage Cost Jobs?
Bob Pollin and Anthony Davies debate whether a higher minimum wage means less jobs for young people entering the employment market.
Global Capitalism, the US Empire and Russian Nationalism
Leo Panitch analyzes the complex relationship between the process of global economic integration and nation state rivalry.
If We Remain Predators, the Planet Will Cast Us Off
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson says the United States and China must stop the arms buildup and solve the climate change crisis or humans may not have a future on this …