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Reporting on Armed White Teens Highlights Racial Double Standard
While the drama may be over, the legacy of the reporting remains.
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Pardon Granted for One of 17 Women Who Miscarried in El Salvador
After unintentionally miscarrying, women in El Salvador have been charged with murder.
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Why Rand Paul Is Wrong About Social Security Disability
The Republican Congress decided to make overhauling the Social Security disability program one of its first orders of business.
ALEC Forces the Question: Will Labor Really Go Local?
Workplace struggles are getting difficult to predict. Conventional organizing isn't working like it used to.
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EPA Sued Over Disclosure Rules for Toxic Pollution From Drilling and Fracking
The EPA has been sued over toxic chemicals released into the air, water and land by the oil and gas industry.
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Henry A. Giroux | The Spectacle of Illiteracy and the Crisis of Democracy
At the core of any viable democratic politics is the ability to question the assumptions central to an imagined democracy.
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Dissing DuVernay and the Lessons of “Selma“
The lessons of “Selma” itself are relevant to Ava DuVernay's omission from the Academy Awards nomination for Best Director.
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More and War: The Tao of Washington
In a sense, there are only two operative words in twenty-first-century Washington: more and war.
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William Rivers Pitt | Twenty Pounds of BS in a Ten-Pound Bag
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama said we've “turned the page” on the economic wasteland created by our Neo-Con/Neo-Liberal brain trust in Washington. In reality, however, …
Building Their Own Gallows: The Oil Pipelines
The debate surrounding labor's support for oil pipelines has largely centered on a false dichotomy: jobs vs. climate.