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Zinn Coeditor: That All “Voices” Make History Is a “Dangerous Idea to Those in Power“
Anthony Arnove has helped keep “Voices of a People's History” alive.
Why Texas Is Shutting Prison Doors
Something remarkable is happening in the Texan criminal justice system: Texan authorities are closing prisons.
Khalil Muhammad on Facing Our Racial Past
Khalil Muhammad discuss the importance of confronting the contradictions of the US' past to better understand the present.
43 US Cities to Hold Vigils, Protests Demanding Obama, Congress End “Plan Mexico” Drug War Funding
In Mexico, more than 100,000 people have been murdered and more than 25,000 have been disappeared since the beginning of Plan Merida.
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In the Land of Zapata, a Community Fights Natural Gas Development
In the same towns where Zapata fought for the rights of Mexico's rural majority, mega-development projects are setting off fierce protests.
US Support for Mexico’s Drug War Goes Beyond Guns and Money
The US puts its own personnel on the line in Mexico, but corruption and violence characterize both countries' security forces.
Novelist Isabel Allende on Her Literary Career and Memories of Chile During the CIA-Backed Coup
Isabel Allende is one of Latin America's and the United States' greatest novelists.
ROTC Brings the Military Home to CUNY
Kicked off campuses in the Northeast in the '60s, ROTC is back appealing to the most vulnerable students.
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How ACA Fuels Corporatization of American Health Care
We now have a situation where patients are losing confidence in their doctors, while doctors are losing confidence in our ability to do the right thing for our patients.
What “Free Trade” Has Done to Central America
Warnings about the human and environmental costs of “free trade” went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.