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The Liberties We’ve Lost in the “War on Terror” Are Only Lost Temporarily, Right?
"Virtually all of our most fundamental rights and liberties have been affected for the worse, with little or no awareness among the populace at large. The ignorance is no …
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Labor Not Represented in Management of “the People’s Universities“
Although more than one million Pennsylvanians are members of labor unions, and the state has a long history of worker exploitation and union activism, neither of the two largest …
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Europe’s Transition From Social Democracy to Oligarchy
As first published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: The easiest way to understand Europe’s financial crisis is to look at the solutions being proposed to resolve it. They …
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How to Turn Election Year Into Election Life
President Barack Obama waves to the crowd before speaking at Osawatomie High School in Osawatomie, Kansas, on December 6, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) …
War Forever Changed Lives of Six Iraqis We Knew Well
Cairo - On June 28, 2004, the day the U.S.-led occupation authority in Iraq officially was dissolved, our Baghdad news bureau held a staff dinner to mark the beginning …
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
Wall Street, New York. (Photo: SheepGuardingLlama) On November 27, Bloomberg News reported the results of its successful case to force the Federal Reserve to reveal the lending …
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New York’s Tax Overhaul, Said to Raise Taxes on the Rich, Actually Doesn’t
The tax overhaul that New York state passed this week has been widely described in news reports as raising taxes on the rich and cutting them for the middle class — even …
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The Private Insurance Market
I’m currently in the process of buying long-term care insurance—you know, so my daughter won’t have to take care of me when I’m old. I have a good agent …
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Insurers Use PR Playbook to Keep Us in the Dark About Health Insurance
If you wonder why the health insurance industry has to set up front groups and secretly funnel cash to industry-funded coalitions to influence public policy, take a look at …
US-China Trade Policy and the Class War in the US
The Commerce Department's release of trade figures last week showed another large deficit with China for October, albeit slightly lower than the record hit the previous month. This figure …