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“The Oasis“
During January, I had the opportunity to visit Tallahassee's “Cornerstone Learning Community,” an oasis of love, experiment and investigation, actual respect for each individual person, and a sense of …
The Resnicks Manipulate Water Policy With Big Campaign Contributions
Stewart Resnick, the Beverly Hills agribusiness tycoon who owns 115,000 acres of farmland in Kern County, appears to be putting his bets on Jerry Brown as the winner of …
Are Latinos White? Census Confusion Sparks Debate Over Racial Identity
El Paso - Anthropologists and Latino residents of El Paso have called into question recent statements made by a social activist that advise Hispanics to register their race as …
Fiction of Marjah as City Was US Information War
For weeks, the U.S. public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan War against what it was told was a “city of 80,000 people” as well as the logistical …
Ezra Klein | Government by Loophole
Ask a kid who just took civics how a bill becomes a law and she'll explain that Congress takes a vote and if a majority supports the bill, the …
Inside Organizing and Outside Representation
Organizing workers into a union usually brings out the best in labor. Organizers are truly motivated, committed, work long hours and genuinely believe in helping workers. But not everything …
Robert Rubin: Why Won’t He Go Away?
As Treasury Secretary, Robert Rubin put in place all the pieces that set up the economy for the disaster that we are now living through. He pushed legislation that …
Haiti’s Grasses of Ginen
The downtown, around Grand Rue in the old part of the city, looks like a modern-day variant of Pompei. Nothing but ruins. Here the tall buildings didn't even pancake; …
Report From Cambodia’s Garment Factories
Meet the international working class - the faceless laborers that likely had a hand in stitching together your mid-range jeans, your jaunty parka or your favorite silky smooth T-shirt: …
United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Race Lines
I'm feeling relieved. For a while it seemed like the historic election of our first African American president would give legitimacy to the idea that we live in a …