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Flouting States’ Rights Principles, House GOP Pushes Radical Concealed Carry Bill
Today the House of Representatives debated the controversial “National Right To Carry Reciprocity Act,” which would give people with concealed weapon permits in one state the right to carry …
It’s Wages, Stupid
For a few decades now, American economic policy has focused on keeping inflation low, assuming that the natural rate of unemployment is fairly high. In general, that has led …
The Puzzling Persistence of APEC
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation has just concluded its annual summit in Honolulu, once President Obama’s home turf. It will probably be most remembered for the traffic jams it …
Why Do Cigarette Boxes Have More Free Speech Rights Than Protesters?
New York City’s Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park were chanting, “Whose park? Our park,” as they were being evicted. But according to the New …
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California’s High Court Says Proposition 8 Proponents Can Defend Gay Marriage Ban
The California Supreme Court decided on Thursday that the anti-gay marriage group defending California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage does have legal standing to defend the ban in …
How Progressives Won the Labor Rights Showdown in Ohio
Thousands gather to say “Kill The Bill” to Senate Bill 5 on March 8 in Columbus, OH. (Photo: Ohio AFL-CIO) Last week, the labor movement and its …
Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schools
In the “Historical Notes” conclusion of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the reader discovers through a darkly biting satire of academia that the world of the novel’s main character, …
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Running on Empty: As Oil Declines, Can We Fill Our Lives With Creative Energy Instead?
The modern industrial lifestyle is predicated on oil. This notion is widely accepted in American society. Less so is the idea that oil supplies are depleting to the point …
On State Violence, White Male Privilege and “Occupy“
“I ain’t about to go get arrested with some muhfuhkuhs who just figured out yesterday that this shit ain’t right.” quoted by Greg Tate in The Village Voice
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Across Europe, All Eyes Fixed on Italy
(Image: Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Might we see Italy go careening off the edge in the next few days? I mean, even …