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Chicago Kicks Out G8, Prepares for NATO
(Illustration: Jared Rodriguez / The Occupied Chicago Tribune) It’s not you, it’s me, said the White House in announcing their plan to move May’s G8 summit from …
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Subprime Schools Lobbyist Trent Lott Explains How He Won Over Congress
The for-profit college industry – which runs what some would refer to as “subprime schools” – is facing more and more scrutiny for its abusive practices that leave …
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The Peace Movement Needs Kucinich, With or Without Congress
(Photo: Andy Carvin / Flickr) If Congressman Dennis Kucinich becomes simply Dennis Kucinich sans the “Congressman” his value to the peace movement need not diminish. …
Raising Revenue From High-Income Households: Should States Continue to Place the Lowest Tax Rates on Those With the Highest Incomes?
State and local tax systems are regressive: they tax low-income households at higher rates than high-income households. This issue has come to light as some states, looking for ways …
Coming to a Bankster’s Mansion Driveway Near You: Occupy Our Homes
(Photo: Eric Wagner / Flickr) As one of the more promising offshoots of the Occupy movement, Occupy Our Homes - the grassroots effort to prevent evictions and …
Not Even a Fig Leaf: The Blatant Self-Dealing of Chairman McKeon
Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon has taken self-dealing to new heights.
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Obama Unveils “Clean” Vehicle Initiative
Mount Holly, North Carolina - Mixing politics with policy, President Barack Obama returned to North Carolina on Wednesday to step up his wooing of this key election-year swing state …
Public-Sector Banks: From Black Sheep to Global Leaders
(Photo: DHANU / Flickr) Public-sector banking is a concept that is relatively unknown in the United States. Only one state - North Dakota - owns its own …
The Education Games: Reform as Doublespeak
Although we currently live in a world informed by George Orwell’s dystopian unmasking-as-novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, we seem unable to acknowledge that the Ministry of Peace is actually waging war. …
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Study of Humanities Key to US Economic Success
President Obama recently called for recruiting and training 100,000 new science, math, technology and engineering teachers over the next 10 years. It seems the nation has forgotten the importance …