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The Bundys think they are preserving democracy by occupying Oregon's Malheur refuge, but they are undermining it

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imageMembers of various militia groups met in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. One dressed as a Continental army officer.REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

What’s motivating the armed protesters who occupied Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last week?

A local sheriff explained it this way: they came

claiming to be part of militia...

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Veterans' health care: doctors outside the VA need to know more about the veterans they treat

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imageCivilian doctors might not know that their patients have served in the military. In this photo Marines march around the World Trade Center memorial after participating in a memorial run in 2012.MarineCorps NewYork/Flickr, CC BY

Each year the military discharges over 240,000 veterans to reintegrate into civilian society. It’s a professional...

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Woody Guthrie, 'Old Man Trump' and a real estate empire's racist foundations

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imageWoody Guthrie lived in Fred Trump's Beach Haven apartment complex for two years.

In December 1950, Woody Guthrie signed his name to the lease of a new apartment in Brooklyn. Even now, over half a century later, that uninspiring document prompts a double-take.

Below all the legal jargon is the signature of the man who had composed “This Land Is...

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Confessions of a MOOC professor: three things I learned and two things I worry about

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imageCould MOOCs transform higher ed?U.S. Army, CC BY

We have heard a lot of talk about MOOCs, or massive online open courses, over the last couple of years. On the plus side, MOOCs often draw enormous enrollments and are easy to sign up for and use; all you need, it seems, is an Internet connection and an interest to learn.

On the down side, they have...

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The hottest year on record signals that global warming is alive and well

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imageWildfires devastated large parts of California and the West, which has been suffering from a historic drought. Max Whittaker/Reuters

The year 2015 has proven to be another year of temperature records. Data released by NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) show that in 2015, the global mean surface temperature – the...

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Europe's failed response to refugee crisis risks fraying local labor markets

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imageThere's no end in sight to the wave of refugees seeking solace in Europe.Reuters

Europe’s refugee crisis neither began nor ended when the body of a Kurdish boy was found washed up on a Turkish beach in September.

In all, he was just one of 3,770 people who lost their lives in 2015 as over a million people crossed into Europe fleeing wars in...

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