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Meet the Welfare Queens of the 1%: The Moochers Mitt Missed Work for the Pentagon
There is no dispute about the status of major Pentagon contractors, their utter dependency on government, and their outsized profiteering.
Blasts Rock Military Headquarters in Damascus
The rebellious Free Syrian Army took responsibility for the blast on Wednesday.
Boehner May Have to Let the Fiscal Cliff Happen to Stay Speaker
Bottom line: The odds of the fiscal cliff happening are greater than most people are currently willing to admit.
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96 Percent of People Have Received Some Government Assistance
This means that Romney was not just insulting those who are too poor to pay a federal income tax.
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Chicago Teachers, Verizon Workers and Quebec’s Students Prove That Resistance Works
Teachers in Chicago, Verizon workers, and students in Quebec recently proved that not only are strikes and general resistance and dissent essential to any democracy, they also work.
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Unresolved OPD Shooting of Black Teenager Alan Blueford Illustrates Oakland’s Continuing Crisis of Governance
After seeking justice from the City of Oakland for months, the family of Alan Blueford finally caught the attention of city leaders on September 18 when their protest brought …
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The Master’s Radical Political Critique
The Master, the latest movie from director Paul Thomas Anderson, initially seems to miss the mark after aiming high, but it nonetheless gets under your skin! A few days …
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Life After Facebook: Real Connection Takes Work, and It’s Worth It
Writer Hunter S. Thompson was a pro at weird. But he would find Facebook beyond weird. Even as tiny green tree frogs scampered around the edge of his tequila …
Let My People Vote
Voter ID laws aim to prevent in-person voter fraud. In person voter fraud basically never happens. So why are so many states passing these laws? Sarah Silverman explain in …
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State of the Movement: Lessons Learned From One Year of Occupy Wall Street
Here are some of the lessons I've learned as an activist since the birth of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Sept 17, 2011.