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The Muslims Are Coming – Road Trip Comic Enlightenment
On the right they have crazy mis-informed bigotry and on the left we have humor u2013 and thankfully now we have The Muslims Are Coming.
Captain Phillips Doesn’t Explain Why Somali Pirates Exist
Though the extent to which Phillips falls short of the movieu2019s exaltation is somewhat surprising, the filmu2019s depiction of Somalis is not.
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Don’t Even Talk About Cuts
Here is a guiding message Democrats should use from here on out: Jobs help the economy. Cuts hurt the economy. Donu2019t even talk about any more cuts.
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Right-Wing Ideology Run Wild
All such shortsighted ideologies, be they of the Right or the Left, have proven unrealistic and so have failed. Unfortunately, they have wreaked havoc in the meantime.
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ALEC and TIAA-CREF Join the Assault on Public Pensions
ALEC has jumped into the conservative effort to dismantle public pension systems in a big way, making it one of its top 2014 legislative priorities.
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Why the Climate Movement Should Have No “Keystone“
We must call for what we really need - an end to all new fossil fuel infrastructure and extraction.
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Plutocrats at Work: How Big Philanthropy Undermines Democracy
Because they are mostly free to do what they want, mega-foundations threaten democratic governance and civil society.
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Now Is a Time for Growth
Now that our government is up and running again, the nation's first priority should be economic growth.
Zoos Get Pandas, China Gets Uranium: Is This a Fair Trade?
Chinau2019s central government seems to be using its monopoly on pandas as a valuable bargaining chip to gain resources including uranium and access to renewable energy technology.
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William Rivers Pitt | America on Fire
In Australia, the fear is that the fires being battled by heroic public servants who got their funding cut were initially started by arsonists. In America, the arsonists are …