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Pistorius offers another example of violence against women
February 19, 2013On Feb. 14, an annual event highlighted the fact that one out of three women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. The same day Reeva Steenkamp was killed, allegedly by Olympic track star Oscar...
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Obama, coalition politics, and the struggle for reforms
February 14, 2013Coalition politics and reform struggles are anything but pure; they are, by nature, a polyglot; an uneasy amalgamation of disparate forces.
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It’s simple: Talk, don’t shoot
February 14, 2013It's not complicated. Less guns equals less murders. But arms sales are through the roof now.
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End of the post office as a public institution?
February 12, 2013This year the post office will close half its processing centers. By the end of this summer Saturday delivery is scheduled to end. Over the next year over 3,000 local post offices will close.
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Can we cure inequality, and how?
February 7, 2013Joseph Stiglitz views growing inequality (a Marxist might say "the growing class divide") as a threat that may block economic recovery.
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