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Bank of America: Always Thinking of You
One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in newspapers across the country that tell us what great …
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The Long Shadows of Nixon and Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover. (Photo: Wikimedia) J. Edgar Hoover passed away on May 2, 1972. The legendary FBI director lay in state at the Capitol rotunda, the doors …
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Occupy Movement Prepares for Mass Day of Action in Defiance of Crackdowns
(Photo: Timothy Krause / Flickr) Thursday, November 17, marks the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and an international day of nonviolent direct action has been called …
After the Zuccotti Park Raid
It was strange, after all these weeks, to be on the outside looking in at a new set of occupiers who were there because they have the guns and …
How Wealthy Companies Like Verizon Avoid Taxes
(Photo: BenSeese / Flickr) Verizon needs to open a call center, which means a few new low-paying jobs. They get local governments bidding against each other, offering …
Cain’s Milwaukee Meltdown: Will Koch Still Love His “Brother from Another Mother”?
Herman Cain is a man who knows what he knows, and apparently doesn't care to know anything else. Then there's the stuff he does know, but is just not …
The Public Intellectual: David Palumbo-Liu
Beyond Guilt: Working in “The System” With Intellectual ResponsibilitySunday 23 September 2012by: David Palumbo-Liu, Truthout | News Analysis With the Long Revolution Underway, We Need to Think Big Wednesday …
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Criticism, Violence and Roosting Chickens
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, Nov. 15, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) The 99 percent …
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The Agora at Liberty Square
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement celebrate one month of occupying Zuccotti Park in New York, on Oct. 17, 2011. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times) …
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Deadly Secrets
The world is made of deadly secrets. We are surrounded by them, enveloped in them, yet are seldom able to see them for what they are ... and when …