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The Financial Instrument That Could Save the Economy – and Why It Hasn’t
QE doesn't put more money in circulation; it cleans up the banks' toxic balance sheets.
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California Teachers Divest Pension Fund From Assault Weapons
After Sandy Hook, a bold collective move to take the union's money out of guns.
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Christopher Dorner and the Exterminating Angels
If Christopher Dorner had been standing on a skyscraper ledge or holding Rupert Murdoch hostage, the world might have paid more attention to the injustices that he chronicles.
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In Conservatives’ Canada, It’s Not Easy Being Green
Canadau2019s police and security agencies think citizens concerned about the environment are threats to national security, and some are under surveillance, documents reveal.
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Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bailout
Many people became rightfully upset about bailouts given to big banks during the mortgage crisis. But it turns out that they are still going on, if more quietly, through …
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Coast Guard Finds Violations on Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig
The Coast Guard found 16 violations on the Noble Discoverer, one of Shell's two drilling rigs for Alaska's Arctic waters.
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The Draft: A War-Killer
History shows that when we have a draft, our lawmakers are less enthusiastic to start wars, and more enthusiastic to end them quickly.
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What the 1% Heard During Obama’s State of the Union Speech
Obama's State of the Union address was such a speech - a pro-corporate agenda packaged with chocolate covered rhetoric for the masses; easy to swallow, but deadly poisonous.
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Fear of US Cuts Grows in States Where Aid Flows
States are increasingly alarmed that they could become collateral damage in Washington's latest fiscal battle.
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Citizens United 2.0? Supreme Court Could Further Open Door to Money in Politics
If the court sides with the challengers in McCutcheon v FEC, political power and influence in America would be further concentrated in the hands of just a few wealthy …