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As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time to Go All-in on Money-out
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the …
Mainstream Media Miss the Boat, Again, on the Medical Utility of Marijuana
Clinical data published last week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal once again affirmed the safety and efficacy of cannabis as a therapeutic agent - a conclusion that directly …
Who Is Behind the Conspiracy Against Climate Change Science?
The confusion seems to have been the intention of the denialists all along - not to disprove climate change (the evidence is too strong for that) but to cast …
The Leveson Inquiry – Oh, What a Lovely Game
John Pilger describes how the Leveson public inquiry in the British press, set up following the Murdoch phone-hacking revelations, exemplifies the
How America’s Largest Private Prison Operator Plans to Beat Corporate Income Tax
If CCA chooses to convert itself into an REIT, then it will effectively be able to
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What the Right Gets Right About Abortion and the Left Doesn’t Get
The most determined abortion opponents will say or do almost anything in the service of their cause: Distortion, deception, manipulation, intimidation, even murder.
Awash in Undisclosed Cash
To grasp the clear and present danger that the current flood of campaign cash poses to American democracy, consider the curious case of Post Office Box 72465. It demonstrates …
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Federal Appeals Court Rules Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
The US appeals court in Boston became the first such court to strike down as unconstitutional the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Chicago Factory Occupiers Form Worker Cooperative
The group of workers who occupied their Chicago factory in 2008 and again in 2012 incorporated a worker-run cooperative on May 30, 2012.
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Energy Savings Pay for Upgrades
“Technology can cut the cost of heating, cooling and lighting Americau2019s buildings.”