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Fallen Heroes of 2014
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014.
Can Obama Lift the Embargo on Cuba Without Congress in Effort to Normalize US-Cuba Relations?
We look at the details of the new normalized relations between the United States and Cuba.
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SCOTUS Rules Workers Don’t Need to Be Paid for All Their Time Working
This alliance of business and government has now opened up the door for increased worker abuses and wage theft.
After Duo Created CIA Torture Methods, Did World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Enable Abuses?
We look at allegations that the American Psychological Association secretly colluded with US abuses.
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“Forgiveness Is Liberating”: Desmond Tutu on Healing a Nation’s Racist Past
Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States.
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Ten Bonus Health Benefits of Birth Control
Gone are the days when family planning meant crossed-fingers and carefully washed reusable condoms, or metal pessaries or worse.
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Economic Policy Myths of 2014: Dead and Enduring
We should be glad that we put to death two very silly myths about the economy in 2014.
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Mutated Flu Virus Could Signal More Hospitalizations, Deaths This Season
Although flu activity has been relatively mild in the US thus far, Influenza A viruses, known as H3N2, have been seen in most states.
Uruguay Takes on London Bankers, Marlboro Mad Men and the TPP
A tiny South American nation battles the power of a new transnational order.
“We Are Like the Walking Dead”: Latin American Indigenous Groups Decry Corporate Destruction of Land
As the UN Climate Conference in Peru enters its final phase, thousands of people marched in downtown Lima.