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Eugenie C. Scott fights the teaching of creationism in schools.

The wave of Occupy protests in 2011 was forcibly suppressed. But it changed public debate, inspiring a generation of activists.

"The people at the bottom are going to be continually squeezed, and I don't see this ending anytime soon," said Harvard economist Richard Freeman. "If the economy were growing enough or unions were stronger, it would be possible for the less educated to do better and for the lower income to improve. But in our current world, where we are still adjusting to globalization, that is not very likely to happen."

The average net worth of a Forbes 400 member is now $5 billion— the highest ever.

Being stopped by police for DWB (Driving While Black) is outrage enough. Being killed by police for SHWB (Seeking Help While Black) demands a response.

The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities; Toni Morrison Responds to Ohio School Board Prez; When did Sadness Become a Disease?; Taking Over the Judiciary; "Commie Camp"

Will the Supreme Court strike down Oklahoma’s devious attempt to stop doctors from prescribing the safest kind of medical abortion?

Violently evicted by their government and unwelcome in the U.S., Mexican mining unionists have nowhere to go.

There is nothing wrong with doing good where you realistically can. Trying to do good by military means where you cannot can be deadly to both you and the victims. Syria resembles Iraq in many respects. The pretext for the US war on Iraq was its alleged chemical and other weapons programs and stores, which did not exist and which UN inspectors such as Scott Ritter, a former Marine, explicitly said did not exist.

Readers response to the portside post - Labels for GMO Foods Are a Bad Idea; http://portside.org/2013-09-14/labels-gmo-foods-are-bad-idea ; from Judy Atkins, Ivan Handler, C. T. Weber, Sarah Carlson, James Patrick Jordan, Nancy Shinn, Richard Gibson, Germaine Cook, Karen Bednarek, Gregory Wonderwheel, Richard Curtis, Laurel MacDowell, Mark R. Elsis (with links to alternative sources)