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Our Words Are Our Weapons Against the Destruction of the World by Greed
Let's start by aggressively framing the status quo as the outrage that it is.
Election Countdown 2012: New York Prepares for the Worst From Hurricane Sandy, and More
New York Prepares for the Worst From Hurricane Sandy, and More
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America’s Terminal Cancer: Scumbags in Black Robes
There are lots of reasons why nations fail. America's Achilles heel is the guaranteed tenure of rotten-to-the-core Supreme Court justices. Once again, the US Constitution is on life support. …
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Obama Administration Set to Sponsor Two National Health Insurance Options
The national plans will compete directly with other private insurers and may have some significant advantages, including a federal seal of approval.
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Nuclear Deterrence: The Lie to End All Lies
It is one of the biggest lies that America has ever told: that we are safer with thousands of armed nuclear weapons in this country than we are without.
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What’s Still the Matter With Kansas – and the Democrats?
First, the economy is not the most basic issue. Second, this year as always, the foolish Democrats are acting as if it is.
“Buying Influence,” A Special Report Released: ALEC Corporate Slush Fund Pays for State Lawmakers’ Junkets
Internal records show ALEC corporations have spent an estimated $4 million for travel, hotel rooms and meals at posh resorts since 2006.
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North Carolina’s Tobacco Workers Stand to Benefit From State’s Strong Farmworker Union
Many tobacco workers are on H2-A visas, but undocumented workers in other sectors of agriculture often enjoy better rights through unionization.
The Supreme Court and the Death of Progress
But the fate of over a hundred years of progress will be decided at the ballot box during this election, because the Supreme Court is hanging in the balance.u00a0 …
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Hyatt Surveils Its Workers Via iPods
What we almost never hear, however, is a real discussion of the place most Americans have their freedoms curtailed: the workplace.