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Revoking Amnesty for Death Squads
Twenty years ago in March, the government of El Salvador passed an amnesty law that granted immunity from…
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The Right to Call In Sick
“I’ve gone to work horribly ill many times,” says Susan Lund, a grocery worker…
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Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher
At the moment when it was announced that Margaret Thatcher had died, Prime Minister David Cameron must have…
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FCC: Fronting For Corporations?
President Obama nominated Tom Wheeler the next chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Grant Seiffert, the…
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The Next Chavez?
The most important number to come out of April’s disputed Venezuelan election is not Nicolá…
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Demystifying India
One of my sons has lived in India for more than 10 years. He’s written books about…
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The Digital Education Divide
The latest, hottest thing in higher education is the MOOC: Massive Open Online Course. Students—tens of…
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The Gay Old Party
How far has same-sex marriage come this year? Just consider that Karl Rove, the man who allegedly masterminded…
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Drone Justice is Blind
For the first time in history, the United States government has proclaimed its legal right to assassinate any…
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The GOP’s Cuban Conundrum
The Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act—the U.S. law that favors Cubans over all other immigrants&mdash…
