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Death by Privatization

For-profit prison healthcare system implicated in death of inmate.

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Will Copenhagen Catalyze a Movement?

"Climate-change activists at Copenhagen will argue that, far from solving the climate crisis, carbon-trading represents the unprecedented privatization of… more

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INSIDE CUBA: Gay Life in Cuba

Not much has changed since Reinaldo Arenas’ time.

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INSIDE CUBA: Guerrilla Blogging

A virtual democracy against all odds.

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INSIDE CUBA: From Fidel to Raúl

Continuity, change and perspective.

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INSIDE CUBA: Against the Demons Who Kidnap Information

Without real news, a more open democratic socialism is impossible.

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The Legacy of 1989, in Two Hemispheres

November marked the anniversary of major events in 1989: "the biggest year in world history since 1945," as British… more

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Election Fray in Honduras

Human rights violations, voter turnout questions stain effort to elect legitimate post-Zelaya president.

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INSIDE CUBA: Mystery Island

How Cubans resolve to survive.

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100 Miles of Mirrors

A simple, feasible plan for averting global climatic disaster.

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INSIDE CUBA: Voices From the Island

Welcome to Cuba.

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Empathy, Not Apathy

An open letter to my students.

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Dear ITT Ideologist: Vexatious Nations and Komunists

Dear ITT Ideologist, As an informed citizen, I keep a list of vexatious nations so that, in the event… more

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Shawn of the Left

Wallace Shawn speaks for himself. Usually.

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Colbert Conservatism

Pop quiz--name the political leader who said the following: "We must be willing to pull the plug before sinking… more

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Banana Repugnant

Can a military dictatorship hold 'free' elections in Honduras?

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Assassinated by the State

The federally sanctioned murder of a Black Panther.

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Pitbullies of the Right

By the time you read this, election day will be over and pundits will have told us all about… more

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Toxic Turf?

More popular than ever, fake grass may not be so safe.

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Snapshot: H1N1 in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN--Young Afghans wear face masks as they walk in the main market on Nov. 2, 2009, in Kabul,… more

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Intelligentsia Against Intelligence

In the parlance of our times, the term "Idiocracy" means a nation run by idiots--and the term "idiot" is… more

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Exhibits of Conscience

A nationwide initiative pulls museums into one of today's most highly charged issues: immigration.

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The Ugly Truth about Jobs

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Americans a glimpse of the ugly truth about their future job… more

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Good Grief

Opaque prose aside, Judith Butler's new book asks crucial questions about how we tolerate state-sanctioned death.

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Out of Control

Too big to regulate, the banks need to be broken up.

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Catholics Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Social Justice Mission

First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and… more

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Sitting in for Healthcare

A new group takes the fight for a single-payer system directly to insurers—and politicians.

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School’s Cool

If we are to revive American schools, we must stop dwelling on despair and celebrate the power of learning, a new book argues.

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Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?

Let's say you're a congressperson or tea party leader looking to champion deficit reduction--a cause 38 percent of Americans… more

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‘Blood and Fire’ in Honduras: An Interview with Mel Zelaya

As peace accord negotiations continue, the ousted president speaks from his Brazilian Embassy refuge.

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Blowing Their Tops

Miners, environmentalists clash over coal.

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Arms Control is Not Enough

Early on a Friday morning, I switched on my radio to listen to the news as I slowly woke… more

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Jews on J Street

A new liberal Washington lobby comes of age at its first annual conference.

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The Lessons of the Berlin Wall

Modern-day American border guard Shawn Carter works for the Chicago Transit Authority. His first morning of work at the… more

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How to Create Good Jobs Now

A bold proposal for meeting human needs through a permanent U.S. employment program.

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We Are What We Trade and How We Trade It

Trade and globalization--when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms can give… more

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Harm Reduction: The Anti-Drug

A common sense approach to stopping unnecessary death.

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War, Peace and Obama’s Nobel

The hopes and prospects for peace aren't well aligned--not even close. The task is to bring them nearer. Presumably… more

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The Dark Side of the Bright Side

In her new book, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of contemporary optimism.

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Consolidation Station: News ‘Sharing’ Erodes Journalism

Television broadcasters in the Aloha State have been quietly embarking on an underhanded media merger for more than a… more

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Can the Rich Really Save Us?

Surprisingly, Ralph Nader says yes.

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Free Speech Radical

Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement.

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TARP on Steroids

I recall that September day like it was yesterday--the explosion so stunning, so memorable. It wasn't 9/11/01, it was… more

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The Pillage People

One year after the Wall Street bailout, real reform of the financial sector is still a dream.

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On Public Option, MSM Gets It Wrong

The American mainstream media is in another snit, having misjudged the prospects for the public option on health care… more

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America’s Real Death Panels

Jurors in capital cases must pledge support for the death penalty.

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The Lonesome Death of Pedro Munoz

A young Honduran activist was almost certainly tortured and killed by the military.

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Restless Vagina Syndrome

It's not your fault, ladies (and certainly not your partner's), that you don't orgasm every time you have intercourse,… more

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A Party With No Punch

Three parables for progressives and the Grand Old (Democratic) Party.

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A Tale of Two Supermen

For better or worse, our American Idiocracy has come to rely on athletes as national pedagogues. Michael Jordan educated… more

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