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Taking Abortion Corporate
A pro-choice rally. (Photo: Jon Chiang) Long before Merle Hoffman found her niche as a provider of reproductive health care, she sought to be extraordinary. The question …
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Occupy the Police State
Police officers in riot gear form a line near Occupy Los Angeles protesters outside City Hall in Los Angeles, November 30, 2011. This image is nearly identical to the …
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State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush
(Courtesy: Palgrave-Macmillan)
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LA and Occupy LA Agree: It’s Time to End Corporate Personhood
On December 3, just two days before Occupy L.A. was evicted by police, the General Assembly of the occupation passed a unanimous resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to …
The Wars of the One Percent
America’s wars are remote. They’re remote from us geographically, remote from us emotionally (unless you’re serving in the military or have a close relative or friend who serves), and …
At Durban Talks, Government Officials Fiddle as Planet Burns
Demonstrators gather near the International Conference Center, where the Durban Climate Change conference is held on December 2, 2011. (Photo: Ainhoa Goma / Oxfam) The image of …
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What Government Aid?
Earlier this year I wrote about a paper by Suzanne Mettler that included a survey showing that a large proportion of beneficiaries of government programs insist that they have …
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Corporate Tax Dodging Has Cost States More Than $42 Billion in Revenue Over the Last Three Years
ThinkProgress has documented the repeated tax dodging of large corporations, some of which, like GE, have gone entire years without paying taxes despite hauling in massive profits. Now, that …
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The Future of the Occupy Movement
The Occupy Movement, which has already been hugely successful in thrusting issues of inequality and corporate power into the public discourse, faces a critical juncture. As many of the …
Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons: An interview With Victoria Law
(Image: PM Press)