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Follow English Commoners’ Lead: Band Together to Force Corporate Reform
In recent years, senior Wall Street managers relentlessly pursued short-term profit and personal windfalls by any and all means while bringing Main Street to its knees (where it remains …
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Kansas Families Have One Question: Was Iraq Worth It?
A young Marine absorbs the shock of losing four buddies in an instant. A father turns his career upside down and becomes a social worker after …
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Los Angeles 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 …
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Pondering a Dire Day: Leaving the Euro
London - It would be Europe’s worst nightmare: after weeks of rumors, the Greek prime minister announces late on a Saturday night that the country will abandon the euro …
Can Broadened “Counterterrorism” Rules Open Door to Indefinitely Detaining Peaceful Protesters?
A lot has been written recently about the recent militarization of US police forces. The impression is inescapable in an atmosphere saturated with imagery of Occupy protesters being bullied …
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Robert Reich: Are Mitt and Newt Channeling Their Inner Progressives?
Two important reforms are stopping the revolving door between Washington and the nation’s financial giants, and preventing financiers from flipping companies(making short-term profits by borrowing big sums to buy …
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The Disappearance of the Compassionate Conservatives
I would never have been mistaken as a political supporter of President George W. Bush. But in his early days as president, I was invited to have conversations with …
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Is Obama’s Teddy Roosevelt Rhetoric Just Talk?
Is Barack Obama changing? If so, many in the Occupy Wall Street Movement are patting their efforts on the back, and even claiming credit for what looks like a …
Will Fossil Fuel Companies Face Liability for Climate Change?
In a recent article in National Journal, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) President Tim Phillips said there is no question that AFP and others like it have been instrumental in …
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You Cannot Handcuff a Movement Whose Time Has Come: Why I Was Arrested at the State Capitol
As I was escorted by the Thurston County sheriff into a jail cell, sporting the tattered plastic sandals they exchanged for my shoes, wearing my yellow "I AM A …