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What Chicago’s Upcoming Mayoral Race Says About the Power of Movements
Teachers hold incredible power in any society, and stand to become an equally powerful catalyst for left organizing in the US.
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Do You Trust the Government? 87% of Americans Don’t
Americans are seriously lacking faith in the system u2013 in fact, trust in the U.S. government is at an all-time low.
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Deconstructing Fed Vice Chair’s Grim Economic Forecast
PERI Co-Director Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer has ignored real solutions to improve the economy, like increasing wages.
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“Stop Fearing Our Children”: Why Juvenile Incarceration Needs to Go
In this interview, Nell Bernstein, author of “Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison,” takes on the question: Why are we locking up children at all?
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Noam Chomsky on BDS and How the Israeli Occupation Is “Much Worse Than Apartheid”
MIT Professor Noam Chomsky discusses US support for Israel, the BDS movement and the blockade of Gaza.
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Noam Chomsky on Media’s “Shameful Moment” in Gaza and How a US Shift Could End the Occupation
As a new 72-hour cease-fire takes hold in Gaza, Amy Goodman turns to part two of an interview with world-renowned dissident and linguist, MIT Professor Noam Chomsky.
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Congress Must Keep Its Voting Rights Promise
If we are to remain and grow as a democracy, we must continue to strengthen and expand the voting franchise.
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Feds to Phase Out GMO Farms and Neonicotinoid Pesticides at Wildlife Refuges
After facing lawsuits from environmental groups, the US Fish and Wildlife Service will phase out the use of GMOs and controversial neonicotinoid pesticides at farming projects on national wildlife …
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Arab Americans and American Muslims Are at Risk
When the majority of GOP presidential candidates in 2012 stated that they would require special loyalty oaths from any Muslim who sought to serve in government, damage was done.
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Indigenous Seed Savers Gather in the Andes, Agree to Fight Climate Change With Biodiversity
As climate change makes it more difficult to practice agriculture in their ancestral homelands, indigenous communities are exchanging seeds in hopes of finding the hardiest varieties.