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Some people's only exposure to nihilism comes from the German gang in The Big Lebowski who said things like “We are nihilists, we believe in nothing” and "Tell us …

In a quiet corner across the street from Zuccotti Park, a cluster of 25 solemn-faced protesters struggled one night to give Occupy Wall Street what critics have found to …

After my post on Corey Robin’s new book, a friend recommended Albert O. Hirschman’s Rhetoric of Reaction. As the title suggests, the book is about the rhetorical style of conservative …

Protesters from the J14 Movement in Israel, September 3, 2011. (Photo: Eli Brody) Over the past several months, there has been a huge wave of ongoing protest …

Ten years after promising that human rights would be protected in Afghanistan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has verified “systemic torture” by Afghan security forces trained and …

They looked like a small army. Just a few short blocks from Liberty Plaza, where a four-week occupation has spawned the beginnings of a new mini-society, the opposition was …

Rep. Barney Frank is ratcheting up his longstanding push to reduce federal defense spending with a series of town hall events in his Massachusetts congressional district atarting this weekend. …

They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work in climate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in Africa formerly used by the French …

Demonstrators with the Occupy DC protests march through Washington, October 15, 2011. In dozens of cities around the world on Saturday, people took to the streets as part of …

Paris - Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality …