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Four Signs That Regular Folks Can Still Win (and One That Shows the Power of Money)
Here are four cases in Tuesday's election where people power won out over corporate interests. And one that went the other way.
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Guns but No Butter
The Right's war on the poor rages on, but as food stamps are slashed, Congress lavishes money on military projects that are judged wasteful or useless.
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US a Favorite Roost of Vulture Funds
Countries that have gone through severe external debt crisis may have been saved the severe shocks to their economies and austerity restructuring if reasonable principles were in place.
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The Original “Occupy”: Novel Was Written 100 Years Before Zuccotti Park
Author John de Graaf discovers a little-known American classic and a history that should repeat itself.
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Will the Tea Party Pay for the Shutdown?
The Democratic Party's failure to seriously challenge Wall Street could allow the Tea Party to hold on to the populist mantle.
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Capitalism and the Destruction of Life on Earth: Six Theses on Saving the Humans
Why are we, as a species, marching toward disaster? The problem is that large corporations are destroying life on Earth.
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Breaking New Ground for Trans Children
While non-heterosexual orientation is punishable by death in some parts of the world, in others the right to choose oneu2019s gender identity has begun to be respected from early …
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Bill de Blasio: A Mayor for the New Economy
New York City's new mayor has laid out a radically inclusive economic agenda.
The Scandal of Scandals
The term u201cscandalu201d used to mean something, a serious abuse of power or some truly outrageous conduct u2013 Watergate, Iran-Contra, lying a nation into war u2013 but the word …
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Congress Weighing Laws to Let People Keep Health Insurance
As President Barack Obama signals he will do something on his own to make good on his broken promise that Americans could keep their insurance plans if they liked …