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Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush – keen to get their feet under the Oval Office table.DonkeyHotey under a CC Licence

Can the world endure another Bush - or Clinton?

Mark Engler is not inspired by family dynasties ruling over the nation.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
482 - May, 2015

Ending corporate rule

Can we find a way to loosen big business's stranglehold on the US? asks Mark Engler.

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NI 481 - Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? - April, 2015
481 - April, 2015
Photo: Tristan Oliveira Under a CC Licence

#BlackLivesMatter

Mark Engler considers the true extent of US apartheid.

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NI 479 - Democracy in the digital era - January, 2015
479 - January, 2015
Photo: Tommy Japan under a CC Licence

Citizen activism marches on

Mark Engler draws lessons from marches past and present.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
477 - November, 2014
Outlobbying the rich in the US

Outlobbying the rich in the US

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NI 476 - Cuba - October, 2014
476 - October, 2014
Photo: B Christopher / Alamy

How to militarize your local police

View from America by Mark Engler.

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NI 476 - Cuba - October, 2014
476 - October, 2014
Photo: John Walker under a CC Licence

Why is college so damned expensive?

By Mark Engler.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014
475 - September, 2014
Activist street art in San Francisco.Photo: Franco Folini

Social change is written in the streets

Fifty years ago the Civil Rights Act was passed into law in the US. Movements not governments propel change, believes Mark Engler.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
474 - July, 2014

America after Piketty's charge

View from America by Mark Engler.

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NI 473 - The politics of language loss - June, 2014
473 - June, 2014
Weed-killing breast milk?

Weed-killing breast milk?

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NI 473 - The politics of language loss - June, 2014
473 - June, 2014
That Harvard Guy Under a CC Licence

Cadillac's electric dream is a nightmare

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NI 472 - Organ trafficking - May, 2014
472 - May, 2014
The US is pushing the Afghan government to sign an agreement that would allow US troops to arrest, detain and extradite any Afghan deemed to threaten its security interests.The US Army

Afghanistan: time to move on?

Ewa Jasiewicz wonders what the US troops will be leaving behind.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014
471 - April, 2014

Dead bastards

Heaven help military personnel who blow the whistle. Alexa O’Brien is tracking the case of Chelsea Manning.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014
471 - April, 2014
'Forget warming, we're looking at global cooling', say North American Climate Change Deniers.David Berkowitz

The winter of the climate denier

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014
470 - March, 2014

Reasons to be cheerful

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014
470 - March, 2014
The latest model – what will riot police be wearing this year? ABACA ABACA PRESS/ABACA/Press Association Images

Meet the protest profiteers

There’s money to be made in crowd ‘control’, as Anna Feigenbaum discovers.

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014
470 - March, 2014
TTIP-ing point

TTIP-ing point

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014
470 - March, 2014
Rakkhi Samarasekera under a CC Licence

Lessons from the big shutdown

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NI 468 - Fracking - the gathering storm - December, 2013
468 - December, 2013
Challenge to Walmart

Challenge to Walmart

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NI 467 - Time to rethink disability - November, 2013
467 - November, 2013
zabielin under a CC Licence

Even if you have nothing to hide

Indifference to the US's spying tactics is dangerous, says Mark Engler.

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NI 467 - Time to rethink disability - November, 2013
467 - November, 2013

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Global banking now May, 2015
Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? April, 2015
Democracy in the digital era January, 2015
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Fracking - the gathering storm December, 2013
Time to rethink disability November, 2013
Time to rethink disability November, 2013
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