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China’s Valley of Tears

Is authoritarian capitalism the future?

Slavoj Žižek

Culture

Youth Gone Wild

Jared Cohen's book Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels among the Youth of the Middle East seeks to understand an area of the world where hatred for his country and religion run rampant

Brent White

Are You Smarter Than A Seventh Grader?

Jarrett

11-Month Old Rape Victim In Congo Dies

Jarrett

Writaz Wit Attitude

Brian Cook

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Anthropologists on the Front Lines

The Pentagon's new program to embed anthropologists with combat brigades raises many concerns

Lindsay Beyerstein

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Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

Emily Udell

Cigarettes, Toxic Waste, Graveyard Shift

Erin Polgreen

A penny for your thoughts

Adam Doster

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U.S. Lobbyists Assault E.U. Regs

Why is the United States, which practically invented consumer protection, now lagging behind the E.U., and in some cases, trailing Japan, China and Mexico?

Terry J. Allen

Bill O’Reilly is Worried About Your Children

Anna Schneider

TV Industry Flunks Diversity Report Card

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Hounding the Bush Dogs

Meet the candidates who are taking on conservative Democrats

Adam Doster

Tasers as Torture

Erin Polgreen

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Public Libraries For Profit

The trend of farming out public libraries to a private, profit-oriented business has raised concerns because libraries have long been considered democratic bodies built on the cornerstone of information diversity, transparency and intellectual freedom

Akito Yoshikane

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iPower to the People

The perils and promise of point-and-click politics

Jessica Clark

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Harold Washington Remembered

Washington's candidacy forged political unity among Chicago's notoriously fractious black community and helped bring the city's feuding Latino groups (including Mexicans and Puerto Ricans) together

Salim Muwakkil

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Kids LOL @ Navy Recruiters

Millennials, explained Arthur Mitchell, director of strategic planning for the Navy's Accelerate Your Life campaign, are "narcissistic praise junkies" and "a somewhat alien life force"

Aaron Sarver