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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 top dwelling on despair and rejoice at 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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Casualties of the ‘Bloodless’ Coup

No matter what prominent U.S. apologists say, the military takeover of Honduras was—and is—violent and unjust.

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Grease Guzzlers

Why diesel engines and vegetable oil should become best friends.

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BS at BU: The O’Reilly Factor

Last month I received an e-mail from my alma mater, Boston University, containing the following invitation: "Save the Date!… more

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Built to Trash

Is 'heirloom design' the cure for consumption?

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High-Tech vs. Humane Healthcare

A woman was being carried down the road in a bed. I have encountered some strange things in South… more

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Ten Years After Seattle

The global justice movement evolves.

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Say It Ain’t Snowe

I don't get it. I know that's the simplistic refrain of every 10-year-old, but I'm 33 and I mean… more

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Labor’s New Leader

The AFL-CIO stakes its future on Richard Trumka.

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It’s the Message, Stupid

A few months ago, healthcare reform seemed inevitable. Then came August. So-called teabaggers, with their dire warnings of a… more

vol. 33, iss. 11   

No Such Thing as a Free Putsch

Lies, violence and the fight for freedom in Honduras.

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Women Reach a Breaking Point

How tired are you of seeing a tiny minority of wingnut Americans--"birthers," "teabaggers," Obama-haters--get so much coverage in the… more

vol. 33, iss. 11   

Should Neve Gordon Be Punished?

An Israeli professor's support for the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) movement sparks controversy.

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The Barney Frank Story

Not your average left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman.

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Snapshot: Festival of the Goddess

Siliguri, West Bengal, India--On September 28, a girl carries the head of the goddess Durga after its immersion in… more

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The Zombie Zeitgeist

What's with all the zombies lately? That could be a question about one of the hippest retro fads that… more

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Get Out Now

The case for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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The Right Battles a Mighty Acorn

The right is trying to undermine one of the left's most effective groups, Acorn, using film clips of the… more

vol. 33, iss. 11   

The Politics of Enchantment

The quest for a new kinship with nature might just save us.

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Barack Obama and the ‘Unipolar Moment’

Every powerful state relies on specialists whose task is to show that what the strong do is noble and… more

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