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Will Black Nationalism Reemerge?
Is Black Nationalism relevant in the twenty-first century? And as the crisis facing black America builds, will it reemerge?
Why Is Syria Under Attack?
The story about chemical weapons turns out to be different than first thought, and with other arguments appearing to play a leading role in the battle for Syria.
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Debating Capitalism – Redefining Outdated Terms
Old definitions of capitalism, socialism and communism stymie attempts to transition to economic forms that will better serve people and society.
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The Emperor’s New Suit In The Garden Of Eden, and Other Wild Guesses or, Why Can’t Napoleon Chagnon Prove Anything?
With his work “Noble Savages,” anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon is key to the recent revival of the “Brutal Savage” myth, but fellow anthropologist Stephen Corry says Chagnon offers no evidence …
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Writing Professor Under Fire For Attack Against Republicans: On the “Free Exchange Of Ideas“
What “free exchange of ideas” can exist in a society with such extreme disparities of power? And what can the MSU professor criticized for a classroom attack on Republicans …
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Is Fixing Stop-and-Frisk Worth the Bother?
Should we listen when former first deputy police commissioner of the NYPD John Timoney - now in the presumably lucrative employ of the authoritarian Gulf monarchy of Bahrain - …
Obama’s Climate Change Policies Are Imperialistic and Despotic
Subhankar Banerjee: The Obama administration's focus on oil extraction and emphasis on fracking is not addressing climate change.
Two Years After Occupy Wall Street, a Network of Offshoots Continues Activism for the 99%
Two years after the Occupy Wall Street movement shifted the conversation on economic inequality, Democracy Now! looks at its origins in New York City's Zuccotti Park and its continued …
The Perennial Bowel Movement
The u201cback to the basicsu201d movement is here, again. Doesnu2019t this remind you of the 1980s?
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Nina Davuluri is America’s Future
Nina Davuluri is the first Indian-American to hold the title of Miss America and it should be something for all Americans to celebrate.