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Who’s Building the Do-It-Ourselves Economy?
Corbyn Hightower was doing everything right. She worked long hours selling natural skin care products, flying between cities to meet customers, staying in posh hotels. She pulled down a …
Tunisia: “Our Revolution Is of a Modern Type“
Yadh Ben Achour is interviewed by l’Humanité Following the Tunisian revolution, Yadh Ben Achour, professor of public law and the philosophy of law, with Islam’s political ideas …
A Murder in Georgia
On Tuesday, September 6, a Chatham County Superior Court judge put the final stamp on a 19-year battle to save the life of an innocent man from Georgia's executioner. …
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A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe
A US soldier on night patrol in Khadamiya, Iraq, on April 21, 2007. Following 9/11, Chris Hedges says that, “we became what we abhorred.” Hedges continues: "The deaths were …
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DuPont’s Herbicide Goes Rogue
Leaves of a Norway spruce wither one month after a worker applied the herbicide Imprelis to a yard in Columbus, Ohio, July 14, 2011. The recently approved herbicide is …
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Improving Schools With “the Project“
A few days ago I got an email from Phil Cullen. Before he retired, Phil was director of Primary Education for the state of Queensland, Australia. He now lives …
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Pressure Builds on Deficit Panel to “Go Big,” Beyond Its Mandate, in Cuts
Washington — Led by President Obama, pressure is building on the new Congressional committee on deficit reduction to “go big” — beyond its mandate to shave as much as …
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Changing of the Guard as “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Ends
Columbia, South Carolina - Next week, openly gay men and women will be able to serve in the U.S. military. At Fort Jackson, it's Capt. Guy Allsup's …
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Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You
Not long ago, the city council of Ventura, California, passed an ordinance making it legal for the unemployed and homeless to sleep in their cars. At the height …
War: The Fiscal Stimulus of Last Resort
“War! Good God, ya’ll. What is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” So went the anti-Vietnam War protest song popularized by Edwin Starr in 1970 …