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The Question No One Is Asking About Keystone XL
Why is construction of this pipeline allowed to continue?
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Welcome Home: The New Old Evangelicals
As I read Marcia Pally's Evangelicals who have left the right, I've realized that I'm like the old man guarding the family's abandoned homestead. The lights were off; the …
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An Unconstitutional Twofer
New conservative legislation from GOP leaders in the house has changed the national debt from a number to a concept. Alan Grayson reports.
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Fracking Industry Goes After “Promised Land” Film
Before Gus Van Sant's latest film Promised Land even premiered, the energy industry was up in arms, gearing up to counter the film's apparent anti-fracking stance with a barrage …
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In Walmart and Fast Food, Unions Scaling Up a Strike-First Strategy
If the current effort ends up raising Walmart pay substantially, it will be good news for retail and grocery workers around the countryu2014another reason for organizers to target the …
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GOP Vote Rigging Stalls in Virginia and Florida but Pushes on in Wisconsin and Michigan – Why?
Will citizens allow their elected leaders to get away with these cynically partisan vote-rigging schemes?
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A New Model Drone Resolution
...Concerns include the following: drones can crash into airplanes, buildings, and each other; drones can fall out of the sky; drones can produce noise pollution; drones can produce visual …
The Choice of Guns Over Butter
The American political system continues to ignore President Eisenhoweru2019s dour warning about the Military-Industrial Complex; and the long-term consequences of this choice have been devastating to most U.S. citizens …
Will Exaggerated Deficit Talks Lead to an “Obama Recession?” We Must Still Ask These Questions
The Washington consensus on economic policy has been used to inflict neoliberalism.
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Old, Female and Homeless
The cost of living in most major metropolitan areas is on the rise, while wages are down.