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Obama Administration Outlines New Policy for Arctic Issues
Potential moves include the possibility of additional oil and gas exploration, new fishing territory and increased transit.
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Guatemalan Ex-Dictator Found Guilty of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Judge Yassmin Barrios handed Montt 80 years in jail.
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The Neoliberal Harvest: Routine Economic Fraud
Are you tired of yet another revelation of fraud in the food industry or the banks? Are you paying less attention to those stories? Are you getting numb, thinking …
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Celebrating the True Meaning of Mother’s Day
As we recognize and celebrate Mother's Day, let us first remember and honor Julia Ward Howe. Julia Ward Howe was heartbroken and distressed seeing the ravages of the American …
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Boston Marathon, This Thing Called Terrorism, and the United States
What is it that makes young men, reasonably well educated, in good health and nice looking, with long lives ahead of them, use powerful explosives to murder complete strangers …
Who is America’s Largest Low Wage Job Creator?
We are the workers who are employed by private companies through federal contracts, concessions and leases. Yet, while our employers reap billions of dollars in profits from taxpayers every …
Who Is REALLY Benefiting From This Recovery?
We're told the economy is in recovery. But is it really? Recovery for who? Some of the facts from this episode are from an Alternet article by Les Leopold.
The Unhappy Marriage of Economics and Health Care
Conservative economic approaches to healthcare have crippled the system and we can blame economists for the failure.
While Wall Street Soars, Jobs Market Still Scarred
Kevin G Hall explains why the Stock Market is no where near the success that analysts have been claiming.
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Pulling the Parent Trigger: The Push to Privatize Public Schools
Desert Trails Elementary, America's first privatized public school, has sparked a fight between rich and poor in this small West coast town.