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Goldman Makes It Official That the Stock Market Is Manipulated, Buybacks Drive Valuations
Significant and sustained stock market declines are almost always the result of Fed tightening.
Panic Over Ebola Echoes the 19th Century Fear of Cholera
Communities found their own solutions, for example setting up temporary hospitals, and in the process exposed usually hidden tensions: between the rich and the poor, between the educated and …
The True History of Blowback in One Sentence
Remember that history exists, and actions have consequences, and this event is tied to that event is tied to the other event in a tapestry of escalating cascading fallout, …
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IRS Whistleblowers: Agency Executives Behind Multibillion-Dollar Corporate Tax Giveaways
A veteran Internal Revenue Service attorney demands a congressional audit of the IRS to investigate the agency's alleged role in allowing US corporations to illegally avoid paying billions of …
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Why We Need to Talk About Black Prophetic Fire
Cornel West explores whether the soul of the United States can be salvaged by a rekindling the Black prophetic tradition.
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The Eurozone, Back in Crisis
Europe has surprised many people, myself included, with its resilience.
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Animals Die, Woman Cries, but We Are Unmoved
It is an unconscious perception of the world that causes us to see mass slaughter of some animals but not others as normal, and tells us we should not …
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Time to Rethink the War on Terror
Trying murderers alleged terrorists in civilian courts sends a message to the rest of the world that America won't sacrifice its core values in the fight against terrorism.
Public Says No to Silencing Prisoners’ Speech
Democracy is never served by silence.
The Brain Cancer Rate for Girls in This Town Shot Up 550 Percent – Is a Defense Contractor to Blame?
Families are fighting to hold the polluters accountable.