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Outrage over the surveillance of Muslim communities must be channeled into pressure to investigate—and end—the federally funded program.

The government is spending real money on an imaginary war.

The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we realize.

The journalist blames teachers unions, not economic inequality, for students’ failure to achieve.

Numerous cities are littered with “downtown catalysts” that failed to catalyze.

Remembering a 1950s radical who developed his values, critical thinking and world view in a time when non-conforming was rare.

The Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress talks about spontaneous demonstrations, his hope for poetry, and why he doesn't read criticism anymore.

Weinglass devoted his legal career to making human rights more sacred than corporate profit.

Why won't Facebook philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg use his gift to build on progress already being made?

The problems facing our schools demand solutions, not slogans.