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By Austin Sarat / The Conversation In January 2023 two Democratic representatives, Judith Garcia and Carlos Gonzalez, proposed a bill that would offer prisoners in Massachusetts a new way to win reduction in their sentences: by donating their bone marrow or vital organs. The bill stated that the commissioner of the Department of Corrections should establish both […]

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"We will not allow any foreign government to intervene in our territory, much less with armed forces," AMLO told US neocons.

Silicon Valley Bank: ultimately a Fed victim?

"Though we are living in a moment of increased confrontation and militarization, one fundamental truth remains unchanged: The only way to eliminate nuclear risk is to eliminate nuclear weapons."

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Former Ambassador Robert Ford urges Congress to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.

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Public employees’ retirement savings have funded the private equity takeovers of companies that used child labor in dangerous factories.

Under the state law, performing publicly in drag is a misdemeanor, and “repeat offenders” could be charged with a felony.

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By showing us a new cosmos, the discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope will ripple through our moral universe

- by Claire Isabel Webb

Read at Aeon

We are living under a deeply cruel, ideologically-driven government. Since coming to power in 2010, the Conservative’s austerity programme has caused over 330,000 deaths, and the mishandling of the pandemic saw a further 200,000 deaths, many of them avoidable. Currently, an estimated 500 people are dying each week because of delays in emergency care, while […]

Contrasting ideologies at play about the structure and role of social media mirror the conflicting ideologies in economics.

That’s the headline for my latest piece in Independent Australia, responding to some appalling warmongering from the Nine papers. The main point is that a seaborne invasion of Taiwan would be doomed to failure. Everyone knows this, but all the important players have good reason to deny it.

Penny Pepper wears her bloody, beaten heart on her tattered sleeve in this powerful snapshot of the constraints imposed upon disabled people

Renowned sports journalist Dave Zirin talks about his latest documentary, which explores the unjust, unfair and deeply racist history of the NFL coupled with its commitment to nationalism, militarism and corporatism.

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We asked The Nib’s Inkwell members to tell us how they got even.

That’s the title of my latest piece in Inside Story, expanding on this recent post. More over the fold Looking at recent news on global heating, it’s easy to give way to despair. After a brief slowdown during the lockdown phase of the Covid pandemic emissions of greenhouse gases have continued to rise. Even coal, […]

A webinar is to be held discussing Australia's involvement in the escalating tensions between the U.S. and China which could lead to conflict. read now...

The Robodebt Royal Commission has given us some truly dumbfounding moments worthy of the most absurd daytime soap operas. read now...

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