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Boatloads of Migrants Could Soon Be “Floating Graveyard” on Southeast Asian Waters
This ship and its desperate human cargo symbolizes the plight of a persecuted people, and the harsh migration policies of a handful of Southeast Asian countries.
Dean Baker | The Incredible Arrogance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Crowd
There are few policies that show the split between elite opinion and everyone else as clearly as trade policy.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership-Related Bill Contains a Medicare Poison Pill
The Medicare cuts in the trade adjustment assistance bill set a dangerous precedent, allowing Congress to treat Medicare like its own personal piggy bank.
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Welcome to the Era of Stop-Go Austerity
The recovery of 2013-2015, which is falsely viewed as a vindication of austerity, is likely to prove self-defeating.
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Writing History Before It Happens: Nine Surefire Future Headlines From a Bizarre World
There's a certain repetition factor in our increasingly bizarre US-dominated world that lends predictability to the future.
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The New York Times Ignores Dangerous Consequences of Pro-Israel Amendment to the Trade Promotion Authority
The intended targets of this effort are the countries of the EU that have called on Israel to clearly mark whether products they export originate in settlements in occupied …
Middle Class? What Middle Class?
Virtually the only class ever mentioned these days is the middle class, and now that seems on the way out.
Denton Frackettes Respond to Texas Legislative Attack on Local Democracy
The Frackettes, a troupe of community organizers from Denton, have launched a video response to the Texas Legislature's passage of HB40.
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“Our Destiny is to Struggle, Always Struggle”: Communiques From the Zapatistas’ Critical Thought vs. the Capitalist Hydra Seminar
Your struggle, our struggle, the struggle of those below in general, depends on resistance; on not giving up, not selling out, not giving in.
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Suicide: A Worldwide Epidemic
1.5% of worldwide deaths were caused by suicide in 2012, making it the third highest cause of death in the world.