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Bolivia: Evo Morales’ “Manifesto of the Island of the Sun“
Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia gave a speech calling for a more sustainable and just future.
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Jim Hightower: A Wakeup Call for the Gun Business
The private equity group that owns a controlling stake in the nation's biggest firearm company announced within days of the Newtown massacre that it was selling that investment.
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Uninformed Politicians Pushing US Toward Austerity
If writers at a major newspaper can't get deficit facts straight, how can you expect ordinary voters to get it?
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Chris Hedges | The Idol Smasher
Ishmael Reed has spent the last five decades smashing idols - idols of race, idols of capitalism, celebrity idols and the idols of national virtue and greatness.
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Resolve to Remember the Butcher’s Bill
Remember the year 2012, in which several Rubicons were crossed. Maybe, if we don't forget, we have a chance to do better.
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Reluctant Migration: The Vicious Cycle of Debt, Deportation and Flawed Policy That Drives Central Americans Over the Border Again and Again
No two deportations are alike, but what every deportation shares is hardship.
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Eleanor – The Radical Roosevelt Deserves Her Own Worthy Film
Eleanor Roosevelt was a bold progressive and, from the 1930s until her death, one of the most well-known and admired people in the United States and around the world.
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An Ugly Deal
A final deal has been reached between Senate and President Obama in regards to the fiscal cliff, and while it is victory in some ways, it is failure …
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Budget Shortfalls in Maine Public Health Care Program Point to Single-Payer Solution
If we are willing to treat the underlying pathology of our health care system instead of just the symptoms, we will have taken the first step toward fixing it.
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A Maginot Line in the Mind
Nuclear weapons were born in the crucible of war. Their parents were fear and science.