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Rancher-Indigenous Alliance Stands the Line in DC Against Keystone XL
On Earth Day, April 22, ranchers and members of native communities along the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline will arrive in Washington, DC to reject the pipeline …
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Five Things to Know About How Corporations Block Access to Everything From Miracle Drugs to Science Research
Our system of intellectual property rights is patently ridiculous.
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Dean Baker | Economic Policy in a Post-Piketty World
If we want to counter the rise in inequality that we have seen in recent decades we are going to have to find mechanisms other than a "global wealth …
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Chris Hedges | The Rhetoric of Violence
Chris Hedges: Chauvinism, violent retribution, a perverted Christianity and the celebration of a mythic Anglo-Saxon history will sever sections of the population from reality, enticing them into an American …
Bending Aid Toward Business
How business drives US foreign policy, and what to do about it.
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The Selective Subservience System
The United States doesn't have too few soldiers. It has too many wars.
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Mistake in Shutting Down a US News Source
US intelligence, best known for collecting information about people including Americans, did have one agency that gave the public access to its translations of foreign news articles - until …
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Cold War II: Evil Russkie He-Men Turn Us Into Fracking Hell
One of the first things we're supposed to forget about in our newly rekindled Cold War mindset is why most of us are against fracking.
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Honduras: Three Legislative Profiles in Courage
Despite a positive recent declaration, what is needed is more than just another shrug of horror lamenting the further deterioration of Honduras, Washington's best friend in Central America.
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The Populist Wave: Politics and Pitchforks
In the end, no matter how popular populist attitudes are, it will take a movement to give them force.