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Conservatives Offer Americans Empty Stomachs and Empty Rhetoric
Paul Ryan says that “the left” is offering Americans “a full stomach and an empty soul.” The truth is that conservatives like Paul Ryan are offering Americans empty stomachs …
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By the Way, Your Home Is on Fire: The Climate of Change and the Dangers of Stasis
Right now, you can think of the way we're living as an office tower and the fossil fuel economy as a plane crashing into it in very, very, very …
The Fallacy of Financial Education
Dave Ramsey is a huge success because he is peddling one of the huge but popular illusions of American culture: that people can become rich by making better financial …
Decolonizing Pipeline Resistance: An Interview With Freda Huson
As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline intensifies in the United States, the Canadian province of British Columbia faces similar battles of its own.
Troubled Haitian-Dominican Bilateral Relations Await Progress
Recent events have demonstrated that disputatious bilateral issues between the Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti may have (finally) taken a positive turn.
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Genghis Christ, General Boykin, and the Fundamentalist Christian Holy War
It is absolutely critical to understand and fully internalize that Boykin is far from alone in his nightmarish conception of the Prince of Peace's (mainstream) redeeming message.
Angela Davis on Prison Abolition and the War on Drugs
Davis’s work around issues of gender, race, class and prisons has influenced social movements across generations.
Denton, Texas Citizens Group Fights for Fracking Ban
The Denton Drilling Awareness Group plans to turn Denton into a frack-free city, making it the first in Texas to ban fracking outright.
Venezuela Anti-Government Protests Lack Support from the Barrios
Lisa Sullivan and Ryan Mallett-Outtrim report from Venezuela that the country's anti government protests are continuing with no end in sight but continue to lack appeal in low income …
Venezuela Is Not Ukraine
The current protests in Venezuela are reminiscent of another historical moment when street protests were used by right-wing politicians as part of an attempt to overthrow the elected government.