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Stewart ICE detention

ICE’s Captive Immigrant Labor Force ICE’s Captive Immigrant Labor Force

Across the country, ICE detainees are allegedly being coerced into performing work without proper compensation.

Oct 11, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Puzzle No. 3445

Puzzle No. 3445 Puzzle No. 3445

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Loud birds: a tweeter and a Western cuckoo at savannah’s edge (9,5)  9 Superb location to hold a bunch of parties (…

Oct 11, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Lost

Lost Lost

This was a poster found on the streets of Bushwick, Brooklyn 2017

Oct 11, 2017 / OppArt / The Nation

A Shimmery Cube

A Shimmery Cube A Shimmery Cube

What is the science behind how we experience architecture?

Oct 11, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Paul Goldberger

The Future of Food

The Future of Food The Future of Food

How do we build a just, sustainable food system?

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Raj Patel, Saru Jayaraman, John W. Boyd Jr., Lindsey Shute, Dana Perls, and Zoë Carpenter

Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?

Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future? Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?

From shucky beans to kilt lettuce, the region’s cuisine reflects a dual reality of poverty and ingenuity.

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jones

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

Civilans look at rubble from Saudi airstrike

End US Support for the Horrific War in Yemen End US Support for the Horrific War in Yemen

You can also tweet at Congress to demand a clean DREAM Act and confront your representatives in their districts.

Oct 10, 2017 / NationAction

War-merica

8 Reasons Americans Can’t Shake Their Indifference to War 8 Reasons Americans Can’t Shake Their Indifference to War

America’s apathy explained.

Oct 10, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Che Guevara body photos

The Death of Che Guevara Declassified The Death of Che Guevara Declassified

A top-secret CIA memo shows that US officials considered his execution a crucial victory—but they were mistaken in believing Che’s ideas could be buried along with his body.

Oct 10, 2017 / Peter Kornbluh

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