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Chris Hedges | Our Invisible Revolution
Until Americans stop putting their faith in systems that only harm them, we will continue to suffer from the pressures of capitalism.
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And the Prize Goes to… Genetically Modified Foods
This year's World Food Prize clearly supported genetically modified crops, but the conversation was one-sided.
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Five Ways Student Debt Resistance Is Taking Off
As student debt skyrockets, the movement to resist it is spreading.
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Mike Lofgren | The Revolt of the Lower Middle Class and the Stupidity of the Elites
Why do Tea Party adherents favor policies that are often directly counter to their economic interests?
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Even the Dead Travel in the Age of Globalization
“'Til death do us part,” that age-old marriage vow, has always sounded a little, well, non-committal to Confucian ears. In Vietnam, for instance, where I come from, death is …
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Knowing One’s Place
When a young Norwegian tourist is found murdered in the forest of Lake Superior's north shore in Vidar Sunstøl's “The Land of Dreams,” one character asks, "Who would want …
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Myth Busting the Smear Campaign Against Social Security
With the interim ‘debt ceiling/government shutdown’ agreement reached last week between the Obama administration and the Teaparty-driven U.S. House of Representatives, the real negotiations on deficit cutting—aka Austerity American …
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The Real Social Security Retirement Age is Already 70
The full Social Security benefit is pegged to a u201cretirement ageu201d thatu2019s many years after most people retire.
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On the Border and in Cities, Skin Color Still Matters
The illegal arrest of a US citizen in texas has sparked a racially charged situation where immigrant relations are already tense.
Who Buys the Spies? The Hidden Corporate Cash Behind America’s Out-of-Control National Surveillance State
“The 2012 election proved to be a post-modern thriller, in which the main characters everyone thought they knew abruptly turned into their opposites” as America still struggles with the …