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The Top Secret Deal Between 11 Countries That Will Affect Your Life
Did you know there is a soon-to-be-passed trade deal that's being called “NAFTA on steroids”? Did you know over 600 corporate lobbyists are being giving the keys to a …
Education for Profit in Detroit: The Buying and Selling of “Failing” Children
Community coalitions and task forces are battling for the soul of public education in Detroit.
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After The Flood: Requiem For a Friend, Death Knell for a Dying Paradigm
So much has been lost to the hubris and cupidity inherent to the hyper-industrialization and commercial hustler that defines the Anthropocene Epoch. To take it all in, to allow …
Sherrod Brown Re-Elected Voicing Middle-Class Populism and Class-War Campaigning
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown won reelection by u201cwaging class warfareu201d using middle-class populism.
Why Rove Failed to Deliver Ohio on Election Day: What Happened in Ohio This Time Around
While many Republicans, including Karl Rove believe that the Ohio voting results were attributed to voter fraud, in the end, hard facts and numbers do not lie.
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Don’t Let Obama Cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
In order to see the economic growth that President Obama promised throughout the election, the American people must hold him accountable to not proceed with austerity cuts.
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TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse
Dozens of X-ray body scanners purchased for national airports were pulled last month due to allegations that the company falsified reports on its safety. Now it seems that those …
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The GOP’s Listening Problem
After such a massive national defeat one would think Republicans would be rushing to change their formula. Unfortunately, it seems they have not learned their lesson.
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Wall Street Uses the Third Way to Lead Its Assault on Social Security
Wall Street has always been the enemy of Social Security and its greatest dream is to privatize Social Security.
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Hold Him to His Progressive Pledges: Make Obama Do It
Those progressive constituencies that supported the President must come together to speak with one voice on key issues.