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Four Postal Unions Bury the Hatchet To Save Services, Standards
With all these wolves circling at the gates, you'd think the postal unions would have banded together to fight as one. Sadly, for whatever reason, that has not been …
Pundits Never Have To Say They’re Sorry – but They Can Demand Others Apologize for Being Right
Being wrong doesn't seem to affect certain pundits' ability to gobble up airtime.
The Widening Lens: Jonathan Schell and the Fate of the Earth
Tom Engelhardt gives tribute to the late Jonathan Schell, along with an illuminating interview in which Schell speaks of the Vietnam War.
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Beautiful Sunsets (and Sunrises) in Art
While scientists have been telling us about earth's climate in the deep past, and into the distant future, artists on the other hand, have been bearing witness, in the …
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Chris Hedges | Fighting the Militarized State
The obliteration of the right to due process and a fair hearing in a court of law, along with the mass surveillance that has abolished our right to privacy, …
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The Tax Code in Action: Charity Starts at the Top
Dean Baker: There is nothing natural about the government giving tax exempt status to big money non-profits.
The Economics of Immiseration, the Politics of Seduction
The economics of immiseration would be impossible without the politics of seduction.
Of Budgets, Values and Visions
In America today, three visions rooted in different views about human nature and society offer distinct slants on budget priorities: the conservative, the liberal and the progressive.
Suffragettes No More – The Long Struggle for Women’s Equality
Honoring women's history in March each year is a bad joke as long as those who struggled for women's equality are called “suffragettes.”
NAFTA at 20: “A Vehicle To Increase Profits at the Expense of Democracy“
Thursday the AFL-CIO released a new report, NAFTA at 20. The report makes the point that, "On the whole, NAFTA-style agreements have proved to be primarily a vehicle to …