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Economic Policy Debates: Theater of Distraction
Richard Wolff: The debates proceed as if official policies were key to ending crises.
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Federal Reports Confirm Delta Tunnel Plan Not Based on Sound Science
In March, California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird claimed that the controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDC) to build two giant peripheral tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River …
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White House Continues Playing “Let’s Make a Deal” With the GOP on Social Security and Medicare Benefit Cuts
President Obama is negotiating with the GOP all over again and middle-class benefit cuts are the only thing we know for sure is on the table.
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Justice Denied: Prolonged Occupation and Palestinian Child Detainees
With a political process that consistently demands peace without justice, Palestinian children living in the occupied territories have been denied justice at almost every turn.
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Puttin’ the Pressure on Putin
Announcing that the US wouldn't torture or execute Edward Snowden is a reminder to the world how far Official Washington has strayed from civilized behavior.
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Brandon Toy’s Act of Conscience
Brandon Toy chose to walk away from his job with a US defense contractor to protest the US government's violation of human and civil rights.
The “Unusual” Yet Ubiquitous Left-Right Alliance: Towards an Anti-Establishment Center
A real dialogue between the the left and right may lead to a sort of political re-alignment.
McDonalds Tells Workers to Toil 70 Hours a Week, Use Ripoff Payroll Cards as Part of “Financial Literacy“
The use of math, one imagines, is intended to make the advice seem objective rather than cynical and self-serving.
Who Are We at War With? That’s Classified
Obama said the US is at war with ‘Al Qaeda, the Taliban and their associated forces.’ So who exactly are those associated forces?
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Life as a Target: A Review of Fruitvale Station and the Trayvon Martin Verdict
We bought tickets to see Fruitvale Station, a film about Oscar Grant, a young black man shot dead by an Oakland transit cop when a text beeped my cell …