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For Economic Stability, Follow the French
The truth is that raising income taxes on rich people and hugely profitable companies actually helps economies and causes companies to hire more and more people, thus lowering unemployment.
In America, Innocent Until Proven Guilty? Not For Most People Who Are Stuck in Jail
The most common reason people are in jail is because they can't afford the fee.
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Talking Trash and Climate Crisis: A Conversation With Chicago’s Garbage Guru
An expert on all things garbage, Zelechowski spoke about the need to rethink the waste stream, the economic and environmental impacts of creative reuse, and how making trash visible …
Loathsome Wall Street Deficit Hysterics: “Blame the Old and Sick, Not Us” – Part 1
The austerity push by politicians, political operatives, and pundits of the last 5 years is the height of economic, political, and social perversity and stupidity.
Obama’s Not-So-Terrible Year
Though conventional wisdom says that President Barack Obama has suffered a terrible year in 2013, much of this analysis simply marches in lockstep with the neocon view of Obamau2019s …
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Americans Are Paying for Health Care With More Than Money
Not only do we pay more, but we pay in far more ways than any other country.
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Less “Big Bang Theory,” More Dana Scully: What It’s Going to Take to Lead More Girls Into Science
Only 25 percent of STEM jobs are held by women. YouTube science sensation Emily Graslie on how we can inspire them with better-quality pop-culture role models.
Poison In Our Waters: A Brief Overview of the Proposed Militarization of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The Marine's move to Guam is just one component of DOD's vision for the Mariana Islands.
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Antidotes to Avarice: A 2013 Top Ten
Nurses, philosophers, and trade unions have over the past 12 months all shared some fascinating ideas on how we can make our societies more equal —and much better — …
Disgraced Former Members of Bush Justice Department Challenge Order Denying ‘True the Vote’ Intervention in Texas Photo ID Case
Whatever problems the Lone Star State has experienced with its voter rolls, they will not be solved by Photo ID laws.