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Do We Need Another Rolls-Royce Showroom?
A tiny tax on global personal wealth over $1 million could ensure that no child anywhere on the planet has to live in extreme poverty.
WikiLeaks Cables About a Tiny Country Like Iceland Expose the Dark Depths of American Empire
A Chelsea Manning-leaked cable showed how Iceland asked the US to stop European ‘bullying,’ just the first of a deluge of revelations detailing how America throws around its weight.
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Glenn Greenwald and the $250 Million “Angel Investor“
Journalist Glenn Greenwald is leaving British newspaper The Guardian to join a media organization started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
Undressing Fashion: What It Says About Gender, Sex, and Power
We get dressed every day; what do our style choices say about us? Authors of the book ‘Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style’ Marjorie Jolles and Shara Tarrant …
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Jim Hightower | Health Care Hypocrisy
Senator Ted Cruz declined taxpayer-funded coverage because of his wife's Cadillac policy.
The Abject Failure of Reaganomics
House Republicans got next to nothing from their extortion strategy of taking the government and the economy hostage, but they are sure to continue obstructing programs that could create …
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Whether or Not You Like It, You’re Helping McDonald’s Succeed
That is, U.S. taxpayers, whether they eat at McDonaldu2019s, Subway, etc. or not, are subsidizing the very fast food restaurants that offer criminally underpaid jobs.
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What to Expect During the Cease-Fire
Our real economic problem continues to be a dearth of good jobs along with widening inequality; the president must not surrender under this cease fire.
It’s Time to Put an End to Israel’s “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” Nuclear Policy
Neither the world, nor Israel, is served legally or morally by continuing to condone a practice of donu2019t ask-donu2019t tell for an issue that is so central to global …
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Hawaii: A Voice For Sovereignty
From sacred sites, to indigenous language, Hawaiians are fighting hard to protect their traditions, and their future.