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Of Scalps and Savages: How Colonial Language Enforces Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples
Before I head out the door, I watch Morning Joe on MSNBC. It's part of my workday routine. This morning they were talking about the latest issue of the …
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The Horrific Costs of the US-Colombia Trade Agreement
The US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will worsen the violence already epidemic in Colombia.
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A Better Way to Tax the Multinationals
Tax corporations where they sell, instead of where they claim profits.
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The (Less Than) Eternal Sea: The Poet’s Metaphor and the Styrofoaming of the Waters
Lewis Lapham reflects on the centuries old metaphor of the sea, and the current real life crisis that threatens it.
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Biomass Industry Plays With Fire, Gets Burned
Fires, explosions and toxic smokestack emissions are among the few advantages of living next to industrial scale biomass energy facilities.
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Quantitative Crisis: Bernanke’s “Stimulus” for the 1%
Mark Vorpahl analyzes Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's suposed stimulus programs and who they really support.
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Pro-Fracking Spin on Public Radio
Public radio program spouts pro-fracking rhetoric to its audience.
Greece and the Crisis of Europe: Which Way Out?
There hasn't been enough attention paid to Greece's full range of options to turn around its economic crisis.
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Walker’s Dismal Jobs Agenda Gets a Gold Star in ALEC’s “Rich States, Poor States” Report
A new misleading report on job creation gives ALEC backed Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker a push to the presidency.
Chelsea Manning’s Legal Duty to Expose War Crimes
Chelsea Manning had a duty under the Geneva Conventions to report war crimes exposed in the classified materials she leaked.