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How Many Chernobyls Before We Get It?
A stenciled figure by the elevators in a sixteen story residential building facing the central square of Pripyat, a ghost town near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern …
The Bullying Advocates: Report Exposes the Religious Right’s Effort to Stop Anti-Bullying Programs in Schools
As states and school districts work to stem a tide of anti-gay bullying in American schools, a powerful group is out to stop them. The Religious Right has been …
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News in Brief: Ohio Anti-Worker Law Faces Repeal, and More
Ohio Anti-Worker Law Faces Repeal Democracy Now! reports that organizers in Ohio recently won a bid to begin a repeal effort targeting the state's new anti-labor law. …
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Gulf Residents Leery of What’s Next After BP Oil Spill
The BP oil spill is one year old this week. The whole disaster killed or injured 28 rig workers, thousands of birds and hundreds of marine animals, and spewed …
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A Report From the Poetry Trenches: Rexroth, Bukowski and the Politics of Literature
Bukowski loved the idea of poetry wars. Even at the lowest level of mimeo magazines, when he was co-editing Laugh Literary & Man the Humping Guns with Neeli Cherry, …
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The Big Lie
Is there any limit to the outrageousness of the GOP lies? Is there any limit to the capacity of a large number of our fellow citizens …
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Throw Out the Money Changers
(Photo: prendio2) We stand today before the gates of one of our temples of finance. It is a temple where greed and profit are the highest good, …
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François Fillon Annuls Everything but Renounces Nothing
Translated by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Bill Scoble We more or less felt it coming. Promotion of hydrocarbon extraction no longer has any wind …
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Tax Day 2011: “The More You Make, the Less You Pay“
At a time when federal and state lawmakers are grappling withhuge budget deficits, the impact of corporate tax dodging is getting vigorous attention. Public outrage is growing …
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In 12 Years, Income for Richest 400 Americans Quadruples, Tax Rate Nearly Halved
New data released by the IRS reveals that, over a period of 12 years, tax rates for the richest 400 Americans were effectively cut in half. In 1995, the …