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Joy Arises, Rules Fall Apart: Thoughts for the Second Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
“Occupy Wall Street allowed those silenced by shame, invisibility, or lack of interest from the media to speak up,” writes Sonlit
There Is A Time For Everything
Publishing negative press about Russia should be taken seriously, as it may have the unintended consequence of drumming up public frustration about Russia at a time when diplomacy is …
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NFL Concussion Deniers See a “Liberal Sports Media” Conspiracy
Research by independent neuroscientists has outpaced the NFLu2019s ability to spin away its concussion crisis u2013 and calls for making the game safer are growing louder.
The Simple Reason for the Long Downturn: Housing Bubble Burst
Dean Baker explains why the housing market is key to understanding the cycles of the economic recession.
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Using Eminent Domain to Rescue Main Street
In almost every part of the country, entire neighborhoods are drowning in debt, victims of Wall Streetu2019s reckless and predatory lending practices.
How War on Syria Lost Its Way
What looked like another U.S. march to war in the Mideast has turned toward a peaceful accord that carries hope of getting Syria to relinquish its chemical weapons and …
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Boulder Flooding: Remembering Warnings from Weather Report
Colorado was plagued with devastating wildfires this summer. Now come the floods.
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Chris Hedges | The Origins of Our Police State
Our failure to protect lower income citizens and people of color will recreate their fate for the larger masses underneath the growing police state.
Shocking New Research Reveals Obama’s Legacy Could Be an America of Aristocrats and Peons
Inequality experts Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez reveal the biggest gap between rich and poor ever recorded by economists
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Yesterday’s Internment Camp – Today’s Labor Camp
Laborers live near a WWII Japanese Internment camp and in not much different conditions while Congress debates migrant worker bills.