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Letter From Poland: Smart, Young, Unemployed – and Leaving
If someone is looking for the next Polish revolution, s/he may be disappointed.
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Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score
What does it say that sixty-six years later, Israeli fans of the soccer club Beitar Jerusalem have not evolved to postwar-Brooklyn standards of human decency?
Can We Cut Healthcare Costs Without Hurting Patients?
Keeping the u201cbest careu201d option out of the health spending equation.
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L.A. Teachers Block Corporate Donor Attempt to Buy School Board
Bloomberg was one of many wealthy outside donors, dropping $1 million on the L.A. school board races.
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“The Consumer’s Got to Change the System”: Farmer Ben Burkett on Racism and Corporate Control of Agriculture
We struggle every day to bring about a change.
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Business and Labor Unite on Immigration Reform, But Future Uncertain
The AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce are recommending a new type of immigration visa program that is not tied to single employers.
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Killing Us Softly: Why the Administration’s Response to Criticism on Drones Carries Little Water
Whatever Obama apologists may claim, our government has in fact executed multiple US citizens without trial.
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“The Poor Are Too Free?:" Unlocking the Middle-Class Code
The “idealized middle-class fantasy ignores that behind the weightless freedom often lurked the life-long burden of debt” writes PL Thomas.
Democrats Share the Blame for Tragedy of Iraq War
The Democrats who voted to support the war and rationalized that vote by making false claims about Iraq's WMD programs were responsible for allowing the Bush administration to get …
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Alaska Politicians Stand in the Way of Protections
American women are better protected from coast to coast - but all the way up north? Left out in the cold.