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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

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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

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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

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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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Mad Men 2.0

America is experiencing a PR revolution that promotes outraged denial over fact-based persuasion.

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Don’t Frack with Our Water!

Natural gas drilling threatens public health and the environment.

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Who Are ‘The Deciders’?

Congressional… more

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The Frontier of Consciousness

Stacy Horn explores the mysteries of parapsychology and its researchers.

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Rural America Needs You

Fifty years ago, when I grew up in a small Iowa town, diversified family farms were the norm, local… more

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Building the Left in Harbor Country

We met our neighbors and helped turn rural Michigan blue.

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Drowning Out the Noise Machine

Journalism is breaking my heart. Or should I say, "journalism." Hate-mongering media extremists have captured our news networks and… more

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Uniting, One County at a Time

We helped make rural Oregon a force for progressive change.

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Protesting the G-20 Summit

A photo essay from Pittsburgh's streets.

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Country Club Etiquette Trumps Legislative Results

The recent headlines about President Obama working to crush primary campaigns against Democratic incumbents would be great fodder for… more

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The Retail Devolution

Two new books explore corporate evil.

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Michelle Obama, How Does Your Garden Grow?

Critics say EPA standards allowing sewage sludge to become fertilizer are outdated.

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The Real Failure of the Afghan Election

The post-election claims about the Afghan election have had the unfortunate effect of obscuring a far more fundamental consequence… more

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Taking It to the Streets

Vendors battle bureaucracy for their place in the Second City.

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Sold to the United States for Cash

In May, President Barack Obama began floating the idea that his administration might seek the power to "preventatively detain"… more

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Chronically Displaced in NOLA

Four years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the disaster continues.

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