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Democracy
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A Fast Track to Eroding Our Rights
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would have disastrous implications for US consumers.
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MOOCs and the Democratization of Online Education
As presently structured, MOOCs are unable to provide the transformative education democracy requires.
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Secret Court Ruling Could Undermine Wisconsin Campaign Finance Law
A secret court ruling in the
Costs of Privatization Hidden in Plain Sight
Handing previous public services over to private corporations, without assessing the full costs, can become a 75-year-long nightmare, as in the case of parking in Chicago, argues Ellen Dannin.
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To Dump Citizens United, We Need To Legalize Democracy
Legalize Democracy is a 30 minute film by Dennis Trainor, Jr. about the movement to amend — why it is needed, and how you can get involved.
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The Keystone XL Pipeline’s “Accidental Activists“
TransCanada drew its line in the red dirt. And Crawford has drawn hers. Win or lose, a powerful force has awoken in Texas.
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Obama’s NSA Speech Makes Orwellian Surveillance Patriotic
Michael Ratner: President Obama's assertion that our nation was formed as a result of a heroic history of surveillance is a misleading scare tactic.
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First Things First: Until We Fix Our Democracy Problem, It’s Hard to Fix Any Problem
Marge Baker: “To fix our democracy problem, we have to be able to enact common-sense regulations on political spending.”
Now You See Me: A Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later
The Zapatistas have given our world so much, and in her report from the Lacandon jungle, Laura Gottesdiener gives us the pleasure of being inside their world.
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The New French Revolution
New theorists and activists argue that France's “representative democracy” is neither democratic nor representative, and they argue for a return to the Athenian model.