Sirota: Legalizing marijuana is now a ‘mainstream’ position

The slow drumbeat to legalizing marijuana in America continued Friday evening when Salon.com columnist David Sirota appeared on Current TV’s The Young Turks...  Read @:  The Raw Story

Should we erase painful memories?

One of the most tenacious themes of 20th-century memory research was the idea that people tormented by the memories of terrible experiences could benefit from remembering them, and from remembering them better. The assumption — broadly indebted to psychoanalysis — was that psychological records of traumatic events often failed to be fully “integrated” into conscious...  Read @:  Salon

Is this what the future of Occupy looks like?

The movement in New York pivots to a poverty-stricken neighborhood and tries to build momentum around foreclosures...  Read and video:   Salon

Who's Making a Killing Off Student Loans?

Underneath the now-iconic red sculpture at Liberty Plaza, now cleared of tents and ringed by barricades plastic-cuffed together, several “students” stood draped in fake chains over their caps and gowns, brandishing debt bills instead of diplomas... 
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How should we design the cities of our dreams?

Americans are creating new urban spaces and choosing how we want to live. A new Salon column charts our progress... 

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Retired officer: Cops work for the 1 percent

Former Philadelphia police officer Ray Lewis has some harsh words for law enforcement at OWS...  Read and watch video:   Salon