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Haitian Activist Tours US Demanding Housing Rights for the Country’s 400,000 Displaced
Housing activist Reyneld Sanon is beginning a tour in the US to raise awareness about Under Tents, the international campaign for housing rights in Haiti.
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The Love of Light: Gore Vidal, 1925 – 2012
Gore Vidal was renaissance man of letters who wrote award winning novels, essays, stage plays, and screenplays, now achieves the greatest goal of any writer: immortality.
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Fed Announces New $23 Billion Round of Bond Buying to Spur Growth
The Fed also said that it now expects to hold short-term interest rates near zero until at least mid-2015.
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Moody’s Threat to Downgrade US Debt is Political, Not Fiscal
There is no risk of default on US bonds. Moody's warning about its AAA rating serves a rightwing agenda of public spending cuts.
Election Countdown 2012: Chicago Teachers Strike Spreads Across the City, and More
As the Teachers Strike in Chicago puts stress on the Obama campaign, Election Countdown has all the news leading up to November
“The Pluralist Commonwealth”
Over time, a fundamental shift in the ownership of wealth would slowly move the nation as a whole toward greater equality directly - through, for instance, worker-owned enterprises; and …
Incomes Drop in 2011, Rich and Poor Divide Deepens
It was the weak labor market that dominated the US Census Bureau data and continued to wreak havoc on American families last year.
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Paul Weyrich’s Troika Reunited: ALEC Partners with Republican Study Committee at Heritage Foundation
Controversy is arising as Republican leaders attempt to connect a trifecta of right wing organizations established by conservative activist Paul Weyrich.
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Turmoil Over Contentious Video Spreads to Yemen and Iran
Protesters attacked the American Embassy in Yemen; reports also spoke of a separate protest in Tehran.
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Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding
Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, the one over whether the movement should adopt specific demands may have been the most significant.