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Jail Bankers Not Grandmas
Protest against the plight of the elderly, poor, disenfranchised and dispossessed as opposed to the fate enjoyed by wealthy plutocrats took the form of multi-pronged actions on June 11 …
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An Apologia: In Defense of Public Education
This is a defense of public education. Much like Socrates, public education is on trial. And despite the defendant making an excellent defense, the judges may still convict as …
NSA Collection of Metadata Hands Government Sweeping Personal Info
As the American Civil Liberties Union sues the Obama administration over its secret NSA phone spying program, we look at how the government could use phone records to determine …
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Decades After Helping a Nation Emerge, Watching It Struggle
Paul Krugman: Krugman-bashing is a huge industry, says the economist who believes he is doing the world a service by distracting these destructive people.
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The Turkish Spring: Lawyers Rounded Up
Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law argues that the Turkish government must stop the violence against its own people.
The Far North of Experience: In Praise of Darkness (and Light)
Rebecca Solnit: In the dark we find ourselves and each other, if we reach out, if we keep going, if we listen, if we go deeper.
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Corporate Welfare or Education?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo new plan to make tax havens for big corporations is bad news for residents.
Ban on Bee-Killers Doesn’t End EU’s Bias Towards Pesticides
New ban on pesticides that are harmful to the bee population is being viewed by some as a conflict of interest.
Conservative-Neoliberal Alliance and Popular Resistance: The Uprising in Turkey
The uprising in Turkey is just a continuation of the downfall of Neoliberal Capitalism.
“Deny, Deny Until All the Veterans Die” – Pentagon Investigation into Agent Orange on Okinawa
Since 2011 veterans have been speaking out about the use of Agent Orange during Vietnam, and the detrimental health effects it has had on its victims.