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Marc Lendler: “Every Idea Is an Incitement…“
While Gitlow v. New York is a staple for anyone studying constitutional law, most people in the US have never heard of it, let alone understand how critical it …
FEMA Denies Aid to Housing Co-ops After Sandy
Maybe it's time we overhaul our notion of ownership and “home” just as we're updating our notion of “family.”
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Fracking the Suburbs: An Explosive Combination?
As oil and gas get harder to find, the industry is drilling in suburbia - and the neighbors aren't pleased.
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Profiling
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A Novel Idea: Asking an Afghan About Afghanistan
Afghanistan's peace is China's economic life-line and America's commodity price recession.
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Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade
As the food movement is taken over by the mainstream, Mark Engler asks
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Unfolding Repression in the Shadows of the Guatemalan Genocide Trial
Human rights abuses may be eclipsed by the uncertainty and escalating tension surrounding the trial.
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Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era
What do the war on drugs and market-oriented education reform have in common?
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At Universities, Too, the Rich Grow Richer
New report finds that 35 private university presidents and 4 public university presidents topped $1 million in total earnings during 2011-2012.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Committee Agrees to Cut Over $4 Billion of Food Aid from the Farm Bill, and More
The European Union is going after Big Oil; and more.