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Frances Fox Piven | Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries
In ‘Imagine Living in a Socialist USA,’ Frances Fox Piven argues that the guarantee of a universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial …
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Mad DNA
Trying to ‘prove’ the historical foundations of family histories with a DNA test takes Eisa Ulen deep down the rabbit hole into communal histories rarely explored.
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Solving California’s Water Crisis Requires a Look Beyond This Year
Reactive measures won't solve the long-term problems of this drought, which require thinking about more permanent changes in water use.
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Clearing Our Heads About Keystone
After environmental study, the State Department recently greenlighted the Keystone XL pipeline to be built, but the United States could make a pivotal decision for a different world.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Over 1,000 Medical Professionals Say That Fracking Must Be Stopped, and More
The medical experts say that two immediate steps should be taken to protect our families and our communities.
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“Sky Raper”: Drones Are Tools of the Patriarchy
The codename lays bare the true nature of patriarchy, and the roles of the military and rape culture within patriarchy.
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William Rivers Pitt | Not The Onion
William Rivers Pitt: "This entire country has been transformed into a proving ground for the larger point behind Poe's Law - we can no longer distinguish between crazy and …
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Human Footprints to a Harrowing Future
Nature photographer and photojournalist Peter Essick has produced a beautiful, horrifying mirror of our Earth in his new book, “Our Beautiful, Fragile World.”
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Chained CPI: Don’t Do It, Mr. President
President Obama's budget is scheduled to be released on March 4, and a critical question remains unanswered. Will he or won't he reprise the “chained CPI” cut to Social …
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Laws Seek To Punish Use of Time-Honored Tool for Pushing Social Change
Academics are rightly concerned that bills seeking to punish academic organizations boycotting Israeli institutions will impose a political test on faculty members.