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Eugene Robinson | Gridlock’s Growing Victims
In an election year, there are always winners and losers. Rarely, however, are there so many victims.
Usurious Returns on Phantom Money: The Credit Card Gravy Train
The credit card business is now the banking industry's biggest cash cow, and it's largely due to lucrative hidden fees.
Misremembering America’s Wars: The Pentagon’s Latest “Mission Accomplished” Moment
Setting the record straight seems to be the last intention of the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration website.
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Chris Hedges | Our Sinister Dual State
Chris Hedges: Those who wield unchecked power over the citizenry live in “the prerogative state,” and the masses trapped in their totalitarian structure live in “the normative state.”
Drone Killing the Fifth Amendment: How to Build a Post-Constitutional America One Death at a Time
Supposedly, the one thing that's held up sending in the drones is the administration's desire to make sure the kill is “legal.”
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Prison Phone Company Whines, “WE MISS YOU!“
Giant, money-sucking phone companies are only one symptom of the monolithic prison-industrial complex that rules this country. But they're a potent one.
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In Argentina, the Rules Still Apply
In Argentina, we're seeing a mini-revival of what the economists Rudi Dornbusch and Sebastian Edwards long ago called “macroeconomic populism.”
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Extend Unemployment Assistance by Cutting the War Budget
Extending unemployment assistance could be funded by cutting the money in the war budget that was put there for Pentagon contractor pork.
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Jordan Davis, Another Victim of a Murderous Historical Continuum
The subtext to the untimely deaths of Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and Sean Bell remains race.
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The New Fascism: Terms and Conditions
By agreeing to the terms and conditions for the Bank of America smartphone application, you give the company the permission to turn on your camera and microphone without telling …