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Straight talk on the U.S. and Ukraine
March 17, 2014It's been interesting to observe the large numbers of people who suddenly think they're experts on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine - both those on the left and the right.
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Hang in there, Mayor de Blasio
March 17, 2014The wolves of Wall Street are out to destroy New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's universal pre-kindergarten plan.
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Free Bahareh Hedayat, Iranian student leader, women’s rights activist
March 14, 2014Bahareh Hedayat will be 32 years old next month. She looks likely to mark that birthday in prison unless the Iranian government can be persuaded to free her.
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Join us Tuesday for a discussion on the assault on women’s rights
March 14, 2014Join us Mar. 18 for a conversation with Carolyn Trowbridge, long-time activist in the women's rights movement in Arizona. In her state and others, the right wing is undermining the right of women to determine what...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us on brilliant “Cosmos” voyage
March 14, 2014One of the new features of this "Cosmos" is the use of animation to teach science history. I'm hoping the show will try to be less Eurocentric about science history and will talk about non-European scientists...
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