Opinion
Mental health services cannot prevent mass shootings
February 26, 2018Individuals with serious mental illness are frequently the victims of violent abuse by people without mental illness.
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“On a Knife Edge”: Coming of age on the Pine Ridge reservation
February 23, 2018The movie is powerful and superbly edited. It shows the historical abuses the Sioux have suffered.
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New Jersey governor proposes state-owned bank
February 20, 2018As large commercial banks and investment institutions put the squeeze on mutual savings banks, there are fewer financial resources available for communities, small businesses and consumers.
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The 2018 Winter Olympics—politics and hypocrisy
February 16, 2018While we watch the world’s top athletes compete for gold, we are also watching a fierce competition between sports and politics.
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“Israel in Egypt”: A Handel oratorio propagandizes for colonialism and war
February 15, 2018The context for this problematic work, subject to pointed discussion on musical, historical, political, theological and territorial grounds, has to be more transparent. Vague references to the generalized global exile and refugee experience simply looks like...
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