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¿Puede ‘Caring Across Generations’ cambiar al mundo? ¿Puede ‘Caring Across Generations’ cambiar al mundo?

Una nueva organización une a prestadores y destinatarios de cuidados domiciliarios para personas mayores o discapacitadas, bajo una perspectiva revolucionaria.

Apr 12, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Washington’s Iran Policy and Global Disaster Washington’s Iran Policy and Global Disaster

What history should teach us about blockading Iran.

Apr 12, 2012 / Juan Cole

Charges for Trayvon Martin’s Killer Are No Guarantee of Justice

Charges for Trayvon Martin’s Killer Are No Guarantee of Justice Charges for Trayvon Martin’s Killer Are No Guarantee of Justice

Those new to the cause of defending black life will soon have to face the bleak truth black people have lived with for so long: we don’t often win.

Apr 12, 2012 / Mychal Denzel Smith

You’re on Your Own, Kids: The End of Welfare as We Know It You’re on Your Own, Kids: The End of Welfare as We Know It

Who will speak for the rights of the unborn now that Rick Santorum is gone from the race? 

Apr 12, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Ozzie Guillen, Free Speech and the Case of Loretta Capeheart Ozzie Guillen, Free Speech and the Case of Loretta Capeheart

Attacks on free speech, no matter who is affected, have widespread implications.

Apr 12, 2012 / Dave Zirin

George Zimmerman’s Trial Could Become Racial Flashpoint

George Zimmerman’s Trial Could Become Racial Flashpoint George Zimmerman’s Trial Could Become Racial Flashpoint

Like trial of OJ Simpson and the Rodney King case, the Zimmerman trial may reveal very different visions of justice.

Apr 12, 2012 / Gary Younge

Constructing the Diagram Constructing the Diagram

Constraints and creativity in a cryptic crossword grid

Apr 12, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Scott Walker’s Using John Mellencamp’s Music; Mellencamp is Not Amused Scott Walker’s Using John Mellencamp’s Music; Mellencamp is Not Amused

Wisconsin's anti-labor governor uses rocker's song "Small Town" at his first recall rally. Mellencamp responds with a pro-labor message.

Apr 12, 2012 / John Nichols

Reverend Jackson: ‘We Must Not Just Settle for Zimmerman’ (VIDEO) Reverend Jackson: ‘We Must Not Just Settle for Zimmerman’ (VIDEO)

George Zimmerman was behind bars Wednesday, forty-five days after he went free after shooting Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman now faces the possibility of life in prison, but Reverend Je...

Apr 12, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Bruce Springsteen’s Political Voice

Bruce Springsteen’s Political Voice Bruce Springsteen’s Political Voice

He began his career singing about cars and girls before moving on to empty factories and abandoned quarries—and now, with Wrecking Ball, the depredations of Wall Street.

Apr 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

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