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Most of us can agree that ISIS is an evil outfit. But does that mean that the fight against ISIS is always…
Curtis Cooper
My hometown is Baltimore, USA. After working as an attorney for two small law firms, first in West Virginia and then in Baltimore, I opened a solo law office in April, 2007. My wife is from a town outside of Almaty, Kazakhstan, and we have three children. My primary activism is through the National Lawyers Guild. I enjoy reading and writing, both in English and Russian.
Barring some unforeseen catastrophes, the well-greased campaign of Hillary Clinton is closing in on the Democratic nomination, while the “insurgent” campaign of…
Deindustrialization’s end game is playing out for the Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore, and smaller plants in West Virginia, owned by…
Former South Central Wisconsin Labor Federation president Jim Cavanaugh, in a piece on the Labor Notes website which was reprinted on Znet,…
Immanuel Wallerstein’s commentary on Znet of May 3, 2011 “War Weariness in the United States?” focuses on an intriguing possibility. Wallerstein posits…
“South of the Border” starts with a look at Venezuela in the late 20th century, a time when its political leaders acted…
In “Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers” (Ballantine Books, 2005), authors Gordon Neufeld and Gabor…
Every so often, a popular country song offers an insightful, populist critique of the status quo. James Wesley's current hit, "Real," written…
And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you…
My kids are going back to school, or in the case of my littlest, starting out for the first time. While I…