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Gun control alone can’t curb violence

January 7, 2016 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

Dealing with entrenched poverty costs real money, but less than we spend on the police, jails, drugs, alcoholism, and chronic illness - the dysfunction that comes from poverty.

2015 “Are you serious?” awards

January 6, 2016 By Conn Hallinan

Each year Dispatches From The Edge gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make following the news a daily adventure.

Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler dies at 93

January 4, 2016 By Associated Press

"An amazing life has ended but his lifelong commitment to fight the good fight, for peace, for all humanity, will carry on."

Don’t get caught up in the media’s electoral name game

January 4, 2016 By Scott Hiley

Don't make the mistake of thinking that who you vote for determines what you fight for. It's not about the person. It's about the people.

Everyone’s talking about socialism, but what is it?

January 4, 2016 By Susan Webb

Bernie Sanders may or may not win the Democratic presidential nomination, but he has already put socialism into the mainstream political debate in the U.S.