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Volcker Rule Would Cause Irreparable Damage to The Muppets – And Much More Broadly
A major new research report – released this weekend by the renowned international consulting firm, IMS – finds conclusively that implementation of the proposed Volcker Rule would damage not just …
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Conservative Bullying Has Made America Into a Broken, Dysfunctional Family: But There Are Ways to Regain Our Well-Being
A marriage counselor friend once told me that he almost always knows by the end of the very first session whether he's being hired to guide a damaged couple …
A New Energy Third World in North America?
The “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the environment is ravaged, while tiny elites …
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Organizer: New York City Fare Strike Continues Trend of Militant Self-Organization
(Photo: Infinite Jeff) During Wednesday morning rush hour, signs hung in at least eight New York subway stations, inviting straphangers to ride for free. In Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, …
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From Prisoner to Parliament in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy advocate silenced for two decades by Myanmar's generals with house arrests and overturned elections, assumed a new role in …
Oh Canada! Imposing Austerity on the World’s Most Resource-Rich Country
Last week in Ottawa, the Canadian House of Commons passed the federal government's latest round of budget cuts and austerity measures. Highlights included chopping 19,200 public sector jobs, cutting …
“The World Wonders” Why SEC Missed Deadline on Choosing Between Protecting US Investors or Foreign Corporate Wrongdoers
More than two months have passed since the SEC's January 21 deadline established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Sec. 929Y.) to recommend whether or …
Hoodie Politics: Trayvon Martin and Racist Violence in Post-Racial America
Too many young people are not only being stripped of their hope and dignity, but also their lives.
The Supreme Scream: Health Care After the Court Ruling
The conventional wisdom following the oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week is that, at the least, the health insurance mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act is …
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Police Tracking of Cell Phones May Be Coming to a Phone Near You
Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, …