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Deficits Are Bad and the Sun Goes Around the Earth
Dean Baker: A new study shows we have little reason to fear higher debt levels.
Seeds of Change: Shifting National Agricultural Policies
The need for us to become the policy-makers to create a just and sustainable food supply chain is urgent, because in the hands of the US government it has …
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Vieques Vive La Lucha Continua 10 Years After the Bombing Stopped
Ten years ago May 1, the people of Vieques, Puerto Rico and their supporters from around the world defeated the most powerful military machine ever, through mass civil disobedience …
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Serious Threat to Asian Economic Model
Some Western countries have been trying to curb or even eventually eliminate the Asian model of state-owned or state-aided capitalism.
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How the Sequester Will Take Its Toll on Access to Justice
The right to counsel is about more than giving accused criminal defendants their due process in court, and after the sequester, there is not nearly enough funding to help …
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Real Faces of the Minimum Wage
Most minimum-wage workers are adults, the majority of them are women, and many are parents who are trying to raise their children on poverty wages.
Gitmo Dilemma Remains a Monkey on the Back of US Democracy
With every year that passes, prisoners of the detention camp have grown more and more restless with the uncertainty of their status and treatment while in the prison.
Contaminated Nation: Inhuman Radiation Experiments
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the declassification of top secret studies, done over a period of 60 years, in which the US conducted 2,000 radiation experiments on …
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How Monsanto Went From Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply
Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land and influences all three branches of government.
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Nearly Half of Guantanamo Prisoners Now on Hunger Strike
The hunger strike figure rose by 14 prisoners overnight.