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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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Perverts on the Bump Patrol

From Capitol Hill to celebrity mags, why is everyone obsessed with uteruses?

Susan J. Douglas

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Our Guns and Butter Economy

In its drive for job-creating exports, is America creating a fatter, more violent world?

David Sirota

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Can Labor Strike Back?

America's unions must find a way to circumvent restrictive federal laws.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Why the Right Really Hates Obama

And why 'that hopey changey stuff' is the only true antidote to Tea Party cynicism.

Theo Anderson