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Nomi Prins | The Real Vice-President of the United States Is Wall Street
In “All the Presidents' Bankers” Wall Street journalist Nomi Prins writes a painstakingly researched history of the financial industry's collusion with the White House to create a self-serving US …
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Paul Krugman | Ignoring the Evidence, and Waiting for Inflation
It's interesting to note that the really smart Wall Street money doesn't buy into this “finance macro canon.”
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Facebook and the Future of Global Governance
Although Facebook is a for-profit organization, its users could transform it into a form of participatory democratic global governance.
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Changing Our Climate of Indifference
Climate change is causing real-time crises in countries around the world, but nothing is being done about it.
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Joseph Stiglitz | Why Inequality Matters and What Can Be Done About It
The idea that one shouldn't worry about inequality because everyone will benefit as money trickles down, has been thoroughly discredited
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Five Hypocrisies of the NRA
The NRA's extreme political views can be infuriating to even sensible supporters of the Second Amendment, particularly when they reek of hypocrisy.
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Ten Things Wrong With What Kids Learn In School
Mainstream media, cued by corporate press releases, routinely claim that America's schools are markedly inferior to schools in other developed nations. The claim is part of an organized campaign …
Lies About Rwanda Mean More Wars If Not Corrected
Urge the ending of war these days and you'll very quickly hear the brutal 1994 massacre in Rwanda invoked.
Oil Lobby Spent $56.3 Million in Sacramento Over Past Five Years
A new chart released by Stop Fooling California reveals that the oil industry, including the Western States Petroleum Association, Chevron, BP and other oil companies, spent $56.63 million on …
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray Signs Far-Reaching Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation; Bill Next Goes to U.S. Congress for Review
Today, Mayor Vincent Gray approved legislation passed by D.C. Councilmembers on March 4th that would eliminate criminal penalties for the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in …