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Syria: What Russia and China Have Learned From the Last NATO War
In the last few days, the UN Security Council passed two resolutions on the civil war in Syria, on the basis of which the first part of a UN …
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The Ruling Elite and the Perversion of Scholarship
There is probably no more inhospitable place to be an intellectual, a person of color or a member of the LGBT community than at the Big Ten Conference colleges.
Terrifying Peace: Living Within a Permanent War Economy
Today's geopolitical interventions to extract power on behalf of the Western nations has established a perpetual war for perpetual peace.
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City College Closure Could End San Francisco’s Adult Education Program
When Eunice Kim came to City College of San Francisco in 2007, she was looking for a way up and out of the spiraling travel industry that sheu2019d been …
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Anti-Fracking Groups Prepare for National Organizing Convergence
Opponents of the natural gas-drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will take another major step in building their movement this weekend when they gather in Washington D.C. …
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Health Decision Dangers: Are the New Deal and Great Society at Risk?
When the Supreme Court affirmed the Affordable Health Care Act, liberals were running everywhere expressing love, kisses, and euphoria for the decision. Nobody has been talking about the destructive …
Unlike Mitt Romney, Most Americans Want to Cut US Military Spending
On some issues, there is a serious disconnect between candidates for public office and the public they are hoping to represent.
Climate Change and the Next US Revolution
The U.S. heat wave is slowly shaking the foundations of American politics. It may take years for the deep rumble to evolve into an above ground, institution-shattering earthquake, but …
69 Nations Have More US Troops Than Olympic Athletes
No secret forces are considered here, no allied forces funded or trained or armed by the United States, and of course no drones.
Anchoring Wealth to Sustain Cities and Population Growth
There will be at least 100 million more Americans by 2050, and likely 150 million more. Yet the cities that will house them are so spatially and economically unstable …