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![We Are More than Market Forces](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/income-inequality-e1420396781341.jpg)
We Are More than Market Forces
People who squelch their sympathetic impulses and ignore everything except narrow self-interest and “market forces” are the cause of our problems today.
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At a historical crossroads, Brazil should embrace change
Thursday, June 20th 2013. We were all there, together with the 2 million people in the streets of 22 different cities around Brazil. It was one of the largest public demonstrations in the country’s history.
![Wash Your Hands And Dry Them With Dirt: The Failure of Donations to Rebuild Haiti](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/no-caption-haiti-cut-off-the-truck-on-the-right-e1413172229861.jpg)
Wash Your Hands And Dry Them With Dirt: The Failure of Donations to Rebuild Haiti
Mikaela Rabb explores why the oft-lauded solution of foreign aid has not achieved the necessary efficiency in the case of Haiti
![An atrocity waiting to happen in Putin’s mad, lying world](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14045801493_1fbfae4f89_k-e1408156473930.jpg)
An atrocity waiting to happen in Putin’s mad, lying world
From the beginning, the Russian campaign against its neighbor Ukraine has been justified by lies.
![“So We Went to the Streets” – Protesting the True Cost of the World Cup](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/protest-e1406309119590.jpg)
“So We Went to the Streets” – Protesting the True Cost of the World Cup
“This has never been about the World Cup. Rather, it is about the absurd corruption that runs rampant in our country.”
![The Arab Media: Mapping Opposite Allegiances](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/aljazeera-e1406309237749.jpg)
The Arab Media: Mapping Opposite Allegiances
There were neither taboos nor censorship in Lebanon. Or so I thought.