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Legislate First, Ask Questions Never
We all must share responsibility for the ignorance of our leaders.
Leonard C. Goodman
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Ryan Shrugged
Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan can't shake his Randian roots.
Chris Lehmann
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Bain’s Birth by Death Squads
Romney scrutinized over investments from Salvadoran families that ran a corrupt government, 12 years of murderous civil war and death squads.
Terry J. Allen
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Zadie Smith’s London
More than anyone else at the moment writing fiction about London, Zadie Smith knows about race and class.
Jane Miller
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Schooling in a Spot of Bother
The English education system isn't leaving room for students to flourish.
Jane Miller
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GOP Land Grab
To Romney and others in his party, all public assets look ripe for privatization
Joel Bleifuss
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The End of Facebook?
With the emergence of apps and a transition away from websites, Facebook may fall by the wayside
Kenneth Rapoza
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GOP Time Travelers and Other Hucksters
The misguided semantics paving the way to November's election
Chris Lehmann
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The Next Hiroshima
August 6 provides a critical moment to reflect not only on the terrible events of that day, but also on current nuclear threats.
Noam Chomsky
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Making Obama’s Kill List
The public should have more information on the drone program and its targets.
Leonard C. Goodman
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A Slip of the Tongue?
Bill Clinton's praise for Romney's business career signals what's to come in 2016.
Joel Bleifuss
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The Deadly Addiction to Cheap Meat
How the overuse of antibiotics on livestock is making us sick.
Terry J. Allen
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The Meaning of Heroism
Too often, the Right uses the "hero" label to stifle dissent.
Lindsay Beyerstein
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The War on Old Folks
Susan J. Douglas
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The War on Whistleblowers
The Obama administration's dubiously legal whistleblower crackdown is a genuine threat to democracy.
David Sirota
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Shiny Objects Are People, Too
Why the Romney campaign's distinction between "economic" and "social" issues is false.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Somebody Else’s Atrocities
Opposing the International Olympic Committee’s newly formed partnership with Dow Chemical, dissenters illuminate a history of human rights oversights.
Noam Chomsky
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The Legend of the Spat-Upon Veteran
It's a disproven myth, but politicians, keen on dispelling opposition and maintaining militarism, continue to feed the fable.
David Sirota
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A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else
In New York, Cuomo reveals— unsurprisingly—it's easier to get things done when corporate power goes unthreatened.
David Sirota
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Why A Cyber Security Bill Will Pass
Everyone from hackers to gamers to average netizens will have to get used to a new normal.
Kenneth Rapoza
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The GOP’s Dukakis Problem
Republicans gloat that President Obama's days are numbered—but Romney could go the way of Michael Dukakis.
Theo Anderson
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Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum
The GOP notion that we can't pursue gay rights while fixing the economy is a red herring.
David Sirota
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Attachment Parenting: Beyond the Backlash
Once again, women are accused of killing feminism.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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The U.S. Department of Double Standards
Corporate criminals go free while the Justice Department targets those without expensive lawyers and lobbyists.
Leonard C. Goodman
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