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Railroads are, like utilities, “natural monopolies.”

Specifically, the court ruled that the federal law was an “outlier that our ancestors would never have accepted” — borrowing a quote from the Bruen decision.

The rationale behind this effort—that worker rights must be eliminated to promote economic growth—relies on deeply flawed and outdated development models.

A look at U.S. border externalization, the death it has caused, and the art of negotiating and resisting borders in Maasailand.

As Canada and other foreign powers consider renewed intervention in Haiti, the history of the Ottawa Initiative offers an urgent reminder of the catastrophic consequences.

A democracy agenda that recognizes the racial elements of voter suppression and election denial is sorely needed.

It's a Wonderful Commie Plot; Wired's Top 13 for `13; Black-owned TV Disappears; $50m for Greenwald Media Venture; FAIR's P.U.-litzers; Euro Teens are Done with Facebook

An almost unreported strike in South Korea, which has just come to an end, epitomises how a `free' market can be incompatible with the liberty of workers to defend their own security.