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Angela Davis: I Always Find Hope in Struggle

Angela Davis, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez Democracy Now!
Angela Davis on Prison Abolition, the War on Drugs, Why Social Movements Shouldn’t Wait on Obama, Solitary Confinement, Immigration Detention and "12 Years a Slave"

The Self(ie) Generation

Charles M. Blow The New York Times
Millennials - are ‘digital natives’ - the only generation for which - the Internet, mobile technology and social media - are not something they’ve had to adapt to.

Another Cold War ?

Tom Hayden The Peace Exchange
The new Cold War is upon us, and the American elites have no suggestions except to fight it again.

The Great U-Turn

Robert Reich Robert Reich's blog
In the 1950s and 1960s, the richest 1 percent took home 9 to 10 percent of total income. Today the top 1 percent gets more than 20 percent.

HIV Gene Therapy Using GM Cells Hailed a Success After Trial

Ian Sample The Guardian
A radical new gene therapy for HIV using genetically modified cells mimics a rare but natural mutation that makes about 1% of the population resistant to the most common strains of HIV. Scientists were cautious not to draw strong conclusions from the small scale trial, which was designed to assess the safety of the therapy, but the early signs have raised their hopes.
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