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Dean Baker | Does the University of Michigan’s New Football Coach Need Food Stamps?
It turns out that the taxpayer subsidy to Jim Harbaugh is equal to an awful lot of food stamps.
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The Republicans Didn’t Really Win the Senate
Whether it's through amending the Constitution or breaking up the states, a change needs to happen.
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Woman Rides in Rose Parade 57 Years After Being Denied Honor Because She Is Black
Even though she had learned to put the disrespect behind her, she admitted it wasn't easy to forget, even though it wasn't a big deal in her life.
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A Godless Jewish Humanist
Dinah M. Mendes reviews Lawrence J. Friedman's book, “The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet.”
Murdoch, Scaife and CIA Propaganda
Rupert Murdoch continues to wield unparalleled influence through his control of Fox News and his vast media empire that stretches around the globe.
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Port Strikes Mirror Organized Labor’s Roots
Port truck drivers are denied the very same employment rights that workers in the first Gilded Age fought so hard to achieve.
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The Fourth Winter of Fukushima
In the fourth winter since the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, many of the displaced residents are still in limbo.
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Addiction, Mental Health, Safe Spaces and Stigmatization
“I have tried to speak to these issues in community, but very few of us speak to them loudly enough.”
Robert McChesney: We Need to Advocate Radical Solutions to Systemic Problems
The author discusses net neutrality, his hopes for a post-capitalist democracy in the United States and more.
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The McMindfulness Craze: The Shadow Side of the Mindfulness Revolution
If meditation ordinarily leads to numbing detachment, what would a meditation that valued self-discovery look like?