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Taking a Stand to Keep Sitting Legal
San Francisco is poised to become the latest in a string of cities to adopt a law making it a crime to sit on the sidewalk. While it is …
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Black Farmers Forgotten Again
The Obama administration reached a historic $1.25 billion settlement last month in a long-standing lawsuit over decades of racial discrimination against African-American farmers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. …
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With Burma Election Boycott, Suu Kyi Party Risks Breakup
Aung San Suu Kyi party members announced a boycott on the Burma election Monday to avoid endorsing an ‘unfair’ process. But the largest opposition group in Burma (Myanmar) now …
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Lying About Nuclear Weapons
One of the most popular muckraking American journalists of the late twentieth century, I.F. Stone, once remarked: “All governments lie.” Even a prominent government official — Andrei Gromyko, the …
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Our Turn?
Nations go crazy. It's terrifying when it happens, especially to a major nation with the ability to project its craziness outward. We look back on the psychotic break of …
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Union Democracy on Trial
Going to court can make anyone nervous. But in civil court, where breach of contract disputes are normally settled, the stakes are not quite as high as in criminal …
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David Sirota | The Difference Between Liberalism and Progressivism
As a progressive, I'm often asked if there is a real difference between progressivism and liberalism, or if progressivism is merely a nicer-sounding term for the less popular L-word. …
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The Personal Is Political: Q&A With Leang Seckon, Cambodian Freedom Artist
Leang Seckon, one of Cambodia's foremost contemporary artists, will see his first European solo exhibition, The Heavy Skirt, opening March 31 at London's Rossi & Rossi gallery. Unlike depictions …
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China: What Do We Want?
There is growing momentum to do something about the overvaluation of the dollar. This is a good thing. The overvaluation of the dollar has led to record trade deficits. …
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Don’t Throw Away Your Paper Maps Just Yet
While GPS can tell you exactly where you stand, sometimes it takes a bit of dead-tree cartography to tell you where you are. Pity the poor paper map. Once …