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US to Leave 700 Troops in Jordan in Sign of Deepening Involvement in Syrian Crisis
Obama did not say specifically what the troops would be doing there.
Carol Becker on Creative Leadership, Public Intellectuals and the Arts in Higher Education
In this interview, Carol Becker explains how she also views administrators within institutions such as universities as public intellectuals who can help empower and mobilize future generations of young …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Supreme Court Has Once Again Taken the Side of Big Business, and More
In today's On the News segment: In a 5 to 3 ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court obliterated almost any chance for small companies to challenge credit card monopolies …
What Do Guns Have to Do With Immigration? For Gun Owners of America, Everything
Gun Owners of America (GOA) has been described as ‘eight lanes to the right’ of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
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Obama’s Crackdown Views Leaks as Aiding Enemies of US
Obama's unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, is sweeping in its reach.
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Citizens Without Obligations?
If American corporations are, as the Supreme Court ruled in 2010, citizens entitled to free speech and other rights from the nation, it is unclear what corresponding obligations to …
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How Would American Indians Teach US History?
In these excerpts from Four Arrows' Teaching Truly: A Curriculum to Indigenize Mainstream Education, history is viewed as an opportunity to learn those truth-seeking stories that sustain a society.
Economic Update: Economic Realities
Updates on G8 and Bernanke
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With Little Fanfare, US Prepared to Execute First Woman in Three Years
Kimberly McCarthy's impending execution suggests that women are not anomalies in American capital punishment, and new research shows they're not anomalies in committing violent crime either. In Lancaster, Texas, …
The History of Mass Surveillance
In 1791, the English philosopher and death penalty abolitionist Jeremy Bentham published the design for his “Panopticon” prison- a structure Bentham hoped would embody the utilitarian ideals of a …