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Spain Is Being Asked to Adopt Socially Burdensome and Economically Ineffective Measures
Spainu2019s problem is a general European problem. In 2010, it was running a high public deficit: at 9.3% of GDP, theyu2019re being asked to undertake the challenging task of …
Robert Pollin: Full Employment Is Possible!
The last time the US saw relatively full employment wasnu2019t in ancient history. It was at the end of the 1990s. We can do it. Pollin lays out how.
LIBOR – Insider Trading on a Massive Scale
Stephany Griffith-Jones: Major banks fixed interest rates to make short term profits and look stronger than they were.
Bill Moyers: Veteran Karl Marlantes on What It’s Like to Go to War
Vietnam veteran and author Karl Marlantes shares how his battlefield experiences both shaped and nearly destroyed him.
Michelle Alexander on the Irrational Race Bias of the Criminal Justice and Prison Systems
Michelle Alexander: Yes, I do believe that something akin to a racial caste system is alive and well in America.
Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often accused of serving industry at the expense of consumers.
The Porter Report: Israel, the Bulgaria Bombings and Iran
Gareth Porter: Netanyahu accuses Iran, and Iran accuses Israel, of being behind terrorist attack.
Q & A With Tom Morello: “I’ve Never Been Afraid of the Truth on My Records …“
In addition to being a vehicle to showcase his musical chops, Morello used his guitar to display social justice messages, such as
Bill Black Reports: LIBOR and HSBC
Bill Black, author of
Rep. Barbara Lee and Dazon Dixon Diallo on Confronting the Overlooked AIDS Epidemic in Black America
The 2012 International AIDS Conference has raised hopes that the U.S. will increase its efforts to end the epidemic both globally and here at home, where HIV/AIDS continues to …