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Schechter: South Africa’s Political Wars
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Racial division was only one of many economic and social problems all impervious to quick fixes
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Once again, mindlessness leads to malice in a search not for truth but box office revenues
Swanson: Dude, That Is So Killer
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U.S. wars are one-sided slaughters
Street: Obama’s “Rosy Claim”
Jun 12, 2012
Manufacturing a deficit panic is a pretext for dismantling social programs and rolling back public workers’ wages, benefits, and union rights
Schools: The New Misogyny
Jun 11, 2012
Students need a critical understanding of women’s lives and struggles in the past to understand and respond to the present
Schulte: Why is it Still 77 Cents?
Jun 10, 2012
A look at the Democrats' election-time pledge to narrow the wage gap between women and men--and what it will take to actually win equal pay
Street: John Edwards’ Forgotten Sin
Jun 05, 2012
If nothing else, crazy John Edwards deserves a little credit at least for having tried to buck corporate wealth in the primaries
Schechter: Beyond Citizens United
Jun 04, 2012
Politics is now a growing industry with money and politics more joined at the hip than ever
Shiva: 20 Years After Earth Summit
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Every day is an earth summit in our lives
Swanson: Chicago: Peace Town
May 22, 2012
This event, with massive turnout and tremendous energy, saw the participation of numerous groups from Chicago and the surrounding area
Swanson: Judge Deliberates on Saving Earth
May 13, 2012
Surely there is a violation of the Constitution in making the earth uninhabitable
Street: Left Invisible
May 11, 2012
The experience of being told that you don’t officially exist can be more than a little chilling
Street: Left Educational Tasks
May 09, 2012
Perceiving that strong class conflict exists is simply not the same as thinking that America’s harsh class inequality is a problem that should be overcome
Schechter: Iceberg Ahead
May 07, 2012
We ignore, to our detriment, that vast iceberg of money, stacked in the billions, that threatens to sink what’s left of our democracy
Street: Three May Day Meanings
May 02, 2012
The signs of hardship have intensified under Barack Obama
Swanson: Confessions of a Drone
May 01, 2012
They told me I was the best, better than any human. I didn't hesitate. I didn't flinch. I didn't think
Shah: Revenge of the Microbes
Apr 30, 2012
The sad truth is that each wonder drug we’ve thrown at malaria—and every other infectious disease—has fallen to drug-resistant pathogens
Schechter: The Inequality That Ate American Democracy
Apr 26, 2012
We can all expect to lose because economics (and inequality) guides and trumps politics
Schechter: “Spring Trained” For May Day
Apr 23, 2012
Can this relatively new movement pull off an ambitious General Strike to shut down a city like New York?
Jun 29, 2012
Like many Americans, I am concerned about the corrosive impact of big money election investors on what passes for “democracy” in the U.S.