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By Mark Lilla
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — Mindful of the bewildering complexity of the issues they report, the best journalists are also teachers who patiently explain the deep meanings and consequences of their findings in language literate audiences can understand. With the Affordable Care Act going into full effect in less than a year, a detailed lesson on how it will impact many Americans’ finances is urgent.
Posted on Feb 9, 2013
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Ahead of the 47th Super Bowl on Sunday, a jock has capitalized on his moment in the spotlight to continue his campaign of support for gay rights.
Posted on Feb 2, 2013
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By Tracy Bloom — The historian and author’s new book about the Vietnam War reveals for the first time, in painstaking detail, the full atrocities committed by American forces in that country.
Posted on Jan 19, 2013
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — Was Aaron Swartz, beloved friend, activist and computer programmer, a casualty of the U.S. government’s vigorous campaign to silence champions of Internet freedom?
Posted on Jan 13, 2013
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — The Taliban tried to kill 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai because people listened when she said they didn’t have to bow to the intimidation of violent, ideological extremists.
Posted on Jan 5, 2013
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As the larger part of American culture seems ready to surrender its claim to privacy without question, organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation are riding like Paul Revere through the digital Massachusetts night.
Posted on Dec 29, 2012
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — Reason has a new friend: 19-year-old Zack Kopplin played a crucial role in getting the Orleans Parish School Board to ban creationism from its campuses.
Posted on Dec 22, 2012
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Democracy Now!
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — “We all misjudged the risks involved,” former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in March 2010 of the housing bubble that led to the financial crisis. He forgot about economist Dean Baker.
Posted on Dec 15, 2012
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — When the law lags behind, it’s up to digital do-gooders such as @KYAnonymous to protect the privacy and physical safety of those put at risk by “revenge porn” predators like Hunter Moore.
Posted on Dec 8, 2012
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One country refused to bail out its derelict banks and slash social spending amid the financial crisis. And guess what? Unlike the eurozone and the United States, it’s making a sturdy comeback.
Posted on Dec 1, 2012
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AP/Ben Curtis
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The success of societies depends on people who remember history and understand human nature, as Guardian columnist Chris McGreal does in his writing about the latest confrontation between Gaza and Israel.
Posted on Nov 24, 2012
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Democracy Now!
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In “Chasing Ice,” a new film on the disappearance of Arctic glaciers, author, award-winning photographer and reformed climate-change denier James Balog used time-lapse photography to capture global warming in progress.
Posted on Nov 17, 2012
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AP/Michael Dwyer
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Tuesday’s election saw women take a record number of seats in the U.S. Senate. One-fifth of the legislative body no longer belongs to the good old boys.
Posted on Nov 10, 2012
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By Tracy Bloom — Even the world’s largest marathon was no match for the chorus of objections that erupted after it was revealed the race would go on despite the continued storm rescue and recovery efforts.
Posted on Nov 3, 2012
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Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King
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