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In 50 years, only one officer has been fired for abuse involving racial or ethnically biased language.

An agricultural economist writes that treating Twinkies and carrots as the beginning and end of the farm subsidies discussion distracts from useful public discourse.

Dutch spies hacked the Russian hackers, even capturing them on film, the new report says.

Research has found that swearing has a power that other words lacks.

White Americans are susceptible to xenophobic and nativist anti-immigrant rhetoric because of the national mythology that their privilege is due to hard work and perseverance. Some immigrants from privileged backgrounds also succumb to this fiction.

More Than 750 American Communities Have Built Their Own Internet Networks. A new map shows that more communities than ever are building their own broadband networks to end big telecom's monopoly.

A Discussion of "Hegemony How-To" by Jonathan Smucker

In it, he documents how racial segregation in housing did long-term damage to African-American family wealth, income, job opportunities, and access to good public education.

Thousands of labor activists will be gathering for several days of workshops and meetings.

After all, the New Jersey-based poet Nicholas Gordon writes, Washington and Wall Street move up and down on one principle--why be surprised? what did you expect?—Greed!