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Broken Promises: More Seniors Work Deep Into Retirement
Today, 10 percent of the nation's seniors live below the federal poverty line.
Debunking Attacks on Sanders That Depict Obama as Lefty Failure, Not Neoliberal Success
A sign that the progressive cause is moving out of the wilderness and starting to rattle “The Powers That Be.”
Jeffrey Sterling’s Selective Prosecution Exposes CIA Double Standards
The leak conviction of ex CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling exposed how the spy agency treats African Americans.
Learning Empathy for Palestinians as a Refugee From Nazi Germany
“My deepest belief holds that peace can come only when Israel and Palestine are a unified country living under mutual democracy.”
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Hey Democrats, Don’t Pull an NDP – Run as Progressives
Democrats are probably going to spend a few more election cycles running away from their own core values.
William Rivers Pitt | An Ample Presence of Corpses: The Legacy of George W. Bush
The invasion and occupation of Iraq was a smash-and-grab robbery writ large.
What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
No one is predicting a world war from the mess in Syria. However, one finds a lot of pieces in play inside a tinderbox.
Lessons From NAFTA for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The lessons from NAFTA are a big part of the reason that the Obama administration is having so much trouble getting the TPP past Congress.
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Paul Krugman | Should We Be Worried About China?
China is clearly in economic trouble.
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Social Impact Bonds: Selling Off the Public Good in the Era of Neoliberalism
Advocates of social impact bonds disregard structural causes of social problems, privatizing both services and social ills.