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The Bipartisan Force Behind the For-Profit College Scam: Big Money
As we head into an election year, we’re going to increasingly hear that Democrats and Republicans fight like cats and dogs, that there is a civil war in Washington. …
The Blowback of TINA (There Is No Alternative)
There is a terrible rule of war. Whatever new weapon that you introduce onto the battlefield, your adversary will eventually acquire it as well. Indeed, they will often use …
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The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and the Fight for Compensation
Tales from the Disaster Zone In March 2011 Shoji Katsuzo was farming rice, vegetables and cows in a small plot of land in Iitate village, Fukushima …
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The Richest 1 Percent Captured 93 Percent of Income Gains in 2010
Though the economy is slowly recovering from the Great Recession, large swaths of the American public are still bogged down by joblessness, underwater mortgages, and falling incomes. In fact, …
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Gulf Fisheries in Decline After Oil Disaster
New Orleans, Louisiana - Hundreds of thousands of people living along the US Gulf Coast have hung their economic lives on lawsuits against BP. Fishermen, in particular, …
Shell Wants to Sail With a Record That is Totally Stale (2)
I’m an artist. I love art. I create art. I get upset when someone tries to denigrate the very meaning of art. So I was outraged when I learned …
Murder is Legal, Says Eric Holder
Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday explained why it's legal to murder people — not to execute prisoners convicted of capital crimes, not to shoot someone in self-defense, not …
Capitalism’s New Money Addicts
Growing sectors of Capital are becoming addicts—dependant on virtually free money from central banks, from Europe to the USA to Japan. That means, in particular, banks, financial intermediaries, stock …
The Violence of Andrew Breitbart
If nothing else, Breitbart lived his work out loud.
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A Brief History of the Education Culture Wars: On Santorum’s Legacy, the GOP and School Reform
Rick Santorum speaking at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Judging by the applause lines at GOP campaign stops and debates this winter, …