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Cruel Arithmetic and President Obama’s Big Speech
Dean Baker: Government spending and larger deficits are our best bet ways to get Americans back to work.
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The Avenging Uterus and Other Cartoons of Feminist Backlash
Matt Bors, in his preface to his book, ‘Life Begins at Incorporation,’ is a blunt about his mission.
An Anarchistic Understanding of the Social Order: Environmental Degradation, Indigenous Resistance and a Place for the Sciences
Andrew Gavin Marshall looks at the indigenous struggle against neoliberalism and globalization.
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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.