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Slowly Abolishing Solitary Confinement for Children
Children are still being held in isolation in detention and correctional facilities across the US.
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The Problem With Obamacare
The dirty not-so-secret of Obamacare is that sometimes the things we don't like about market outcomes aren't market failures.
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Black Organizers in Chicago Get in “Formation” for Black Lives and Public Education
Merging pop culture and grassroots resistance, activists shut down a busy Chicago street while the city hosted the NFL draft.
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National Parks to Seek Out, Recognize Corporate Funding Under New Plan
The National Park Service is proposing relaxation on rules governing corporate partnerships.
2,000 Doctors Agree With Bernie Sanders on Universal Health Care
Physicians warn that the risks of continuing the Affordable Care Act will leave millions uninsured indefinitely.
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Clinton Commits: No Trans-Pacific Partnership
Hillary Clinton has come out in opposition to a “lame duck” vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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ALEC Appoints New Chair to Climate Denial Task Force
ALEC has been centrally involved in the opposition to the Clean Power Plan for several years, and the new chair isn't any different.
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With Aging and Illness, Some LGBT People Opt for the Closet
For elders who are LGBT and contending with advanced illness, returning to the closet fearing deliberate neglect is not uncommon.
Revolutionary Mothering
This week, a special Mothers' Day edition of the Laura Flanders Show, Alexis Pauline Gumb takes us on a journey to explore revolutionary mothering.
Elections and the Marxist Tradition
Just as a house is more than its foundation and supports, so capitalism is more than its economic structure.