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Team Obama Mastered the Science of Mass Persuasion – And Won
Each person got a score, and the scores drove the army of Obama volunteers' every move.
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Henry A. Giroux | The New Extremism and Politics of Distraction in the Age of Austerity
Important issues like creeping authoritarianism are being buried in the fog of manufactured crises.
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A Second Inaugural, A Second Conspiracy
The Billionaire Class wonu2019t rest until theyu2019re assured that what happened today never happens again.
What Are ‘Peacekeepers’ Doing in a Haitian Industrial Park?
Thousands of Haitians may be inside the complexu2019s 47 buildings hurriedly stitching tens of thousands of T-shirts for the North American market, but the wide, tree-lined streets between the …
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Don’t You Dare Conflate MLK and Obama
MLK would spend his birthday preparing a massive, disruptive action at the Inauguration.
If Right-Wing Violence is Up 400%, Why is the FBI Targeting Environmentalists?
I think itu2019s clearly time for Congress to demand accountability, oversight, and an overhaul of the FBIu2019s domestic terrorism priorities.
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Obama Inauguration Sponsors Spent Millions Influencing Government
Corporate backers poured $160 million into lobbying since 2009.
At Obama’s Second Inauguration, How Emancipated Are We Really?
During Obama's re-inauguration, Americans celebrate other key anniversaries. But the promised land remains elusive.
Dulling Down Dr. King’s Message
In death, King became a national icon but with his sharpest criticisms dulled down or forgotten.
Aaron Swartz, Financial Fraud, and the Justice Department
The Justice Department apparently wanted to send a message with its decision to prosecute Swartz while ignoring the financial fraud that fueled the housing bubble. It certainly did.