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The History of a Dangerous Idea: Mark Blyth Talks Austerity, Greece and the Global Economic Crisis
Economist and author Mark Blyth traces historical origins of austerity as an economic idea and the catastrophe of attempts to enforce it.
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Gettysburg Address: Government at the Expense of Some People
The sanctification of ground at Gettysburg, where 50,000 men were ruthlessly killed by a war machine, was a farce.
Mexico’s History Is Even Richer Than We Thought
The city of Teotihuacan, mysteriously abandoned some 2,000 years ago, is home to an amazing array of ancient, but largely unfathomable, structures.
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Breaking 43 Years of Silence, the Last FBI Burglar Tells the Story of Her Years in the Underground
After the seven other burglars went public, Judi Feingold decided to come forward with the secret she thought she'd take to her grave.
The Special Interest Problem – An Analysis
The long-standing dissatisfaction with politicians, especially on the national level, must be channeled into a popular campaign to free the legislators and policy makers from the influence of narrow …
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The Home of the Free Speech Movement Suppresses Freedom of Speech
The Beehive Collective and the No on Prop. 1 coalition are currently on a tour of California, Sucked Dry: Examining Drought and Privatization from Mesoamerica to California, to bring …
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Britain’s Real Promise to Israel: “Symbolic” Vote on Palestine
The British promise became an unending Palestinian nightmare.
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The Importance of Being Exceptional: From Ancient Greece to 21st Century US
To make an exception of yourself is as immoral a proceeding for a nation as it is for an individual.
Panic Over Ebola Echoes the 19th Century Fear of Cholera
Communities found their own solutions, for example setting up temporary hospitals, and in the process exposed usually hidden tensions: between the rich and the poor, between the educated and …
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Honoring the Original People
This is a national event, for in making this decision, Seattle is showing all of us how to take steps toward renewing our nation and remaking it in a …