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Border Patrol International: “The American Homeland Is the Planet“
If Congress finally passes a new multi-billion dollar border-policing package, its effects will be felt not only along US borders, but also at the edges of its empire.
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Astroturf “Fix the Debt” Caught Ghostwriting for College Students
u201cFix the Debtu201d and its pet youth group, The Can Kicks Back, have been caught writing op-eds for college students and placing the identical articles in papers across the …
TPP Exposed: WikiLeaks Publishes Secret Trade Text to Rewrite Copyright Laws, Limit Internet Freedom
WikiLeaks has published the secret text to part of the biggest US trade deal in history, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Health Care in the US as Seen From Down Under: “Mens Sana in Insanus Patriae“
Aussies' Medicare treats health care as a human right, offering better outcomes than the United States for much less cost, and insurers even offer plans for pets that many …
Armed Drones Becoming the Norm? At the Crossroads of Robotic Warfare
A crossroads for drone warfare: While some US-based human rights groups argue for making US armed drone strikes conform to current law, others argue that only a complete ban …
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Proactive Heckling: Ray Kelly Shouted Down at Brown University
When New York police Commissioner Ray Kelly was shouted down at Brown University, were his free speech rights violated?
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Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How High-Stakes “Accountability” Cultivates Failure
In-school-only reforms will never be the solution for children in high-poverty schools.
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A Loss of Ethnic Studies Contributes to Historical Amnesia
The current political trend to undermine and cut ethnic studies programs and particularly Mexican-American studies is being done under the cloak of either preserving u201cAmericanismu201d or implementing u201cnecessaryu201d budget …
Mistaking Omniscience for Omnipotence: A World Without Privacy
Given how similar they sound and how easy it is to imagine one leading to the other, confusing omniscience (having total knowledge) with omnipotence (having total power) is easy …
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Where Will the Children Play? Neoliberal Militarization in Pre-Election Honduras
Military and judicial violence are necessary and central components of the imposition of neoliberal economic policies in post-coup Honduras.