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Power Shift: How the Youth Climate Movement is Changing the Game
The 10,000 young people who gathered in Washington, DC, for the third Power Shift came prepared to get things done. They traveled in groups from campuses, high schools, and …

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Congress: Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks
(Photo: Kevin Burkett / Flickr) Remember that scene in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” when Jimmy Stewart arrives in the capital for the first time? The freshman …

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Syrian Security Forces Fire on Mourners in Several Towns
(Photo: anjci / Flickr) Beirut, Lebanon - Syrian security forces fired their weapons into crowds of mourners in at least three towns on Saturday, as tens of …

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Pakistan-US Feud Boils Over CIA Drone Strikes
Washington - Even as it publicly demands an end to U.S. drone attacks on militants in its tribal area, Pakistan is allowing the CIA to launch the missile-firing robot …

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Love Hurts
(Photo: yewenyi) I write this in solidarity with the millions who recently marched throughout Europe calling for the media's recognition of women's dignity. The march, which began …

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Obama’s Young Mother Abroad
Stanley Ann Dunham at Borobudur in Indonesia, in the early 1970s. (Photo: Friends and family of Stanley Ann Dunham)

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“2:46: Aftershocks: Stories From the Japan Earthquake“
(Photo: Paragon / Flickr) From “2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake” For me, Tokyo was metropolitan love at first sight. It was …

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Obama Orders Probe Amid Hike in Gas Prices
Washington - President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration will investigate to see if fraud or manipulation in oil markets is behind the spike in gasoline prices. …

Higher Education Under Attack: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux
War at home is matched by a war on youth.

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I Was Banned in Croatia: How a Sci-Fi Author Was Recruited to Keep a President From a War Crimes Indictment
It's not every day a science fiction author is hired to write a presidential biography. But in 1997, I was asked to write one about the president of Croatia, …