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What We Learned From One Year of Mitt Romney’s Taxes
After resisting for months, Mitt Romney finally released one year of his tax returns this week. Here’s what we learned: Click …
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Energy Innovation: Obama’s State of the Union a Frothy Mix of Promise and Prattle
It’s an election year, another presidential campaign is upon us, and since it is going to be so very much upon us every day from now until November, it …
The Truth Behind the Coming “Regime Change” in Syria
After meeting again to decide Syria’s fate, the Arab League again decided to extend its “monitoring mission” in Syria. However, some Arab League nations under U.S. diplomatic control are …
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Union Membership Holds Steady in 2011
Public sector declines in unionization offset by gains in the private sector After falling by almost 1.4 million workers between 2008 and 2010, union membership hit a …
Why a Regional Model for Israel/Palestine Is Viable and Just
(Image: University of Chicago Press) Rachel Havrelock is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and its historical interpretation. She is an associate professor of Jewish studies and …
Direct Fossil Fuel Subsidies Worldwide: Half a Trillion Dollars Annually
Here are disturbing numbers from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, by Lester R. Brown, and its excerpt …
Firm Implicated in Keystone XL Conflict of Interest Does “Community Relations” for Big Oil in the Amazon
The Peruvian Amazon. (Photo: roaming-the-planet / flickr) The Keystone XL pipeline isn't the only controversial oil project that consultancy Cardno ENTRIX, caught up in a conflict-of-interest scandal …
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NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Urged to Resign After Police Conceal Role in Anti-Muslim Documentary
Juan Gonzalez: A coalition of New York Muslim and interfaith groups gathered at City Hall Thursday calling for the resignation of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and police …
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When New Obama Chief of Staff Was NYU Executive, School Ceased Recognizing Union
Three months into a bitter strike, the Graduate Students Organizing Committee sent an e-mail to supporters. “Like their refusal to bargain, their threats last fall, and the docking …
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The Libertarian and the Lobbyists
Washington, DC - In the three years since the global financial crisis erupted, two dominant views of what went wrong have emerged. It is crucial that we understand each, …