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Who Are the 1 Percent and What Do They Do for a Living?
Look, a crazy anti-capitalist anarchist carrying a bizarre sign incompatible with the basic tenents of liberals: Click to view larger. Suzy …
The Rise of the Regressive Right and the Reawakening of America
A fundamental war has been waged in this nation since its founding, between progressive forces pushing us forward and regressive forces pulling us backward. We are going …
Wall Street and Silicon Valley
Whenever someone criticizes “Wall Street,” someone else tries to defend Wall Street by saying that without it we wouldn’t have Silicon Valley and all of its wonders. Most recently, …
“Convenient” Base Is Unexamined Excuse for US Silence on Bahrain Crackdown
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Pressure is building on the Obama administration to delay a proposed arms sale …
The Other Occupation: How Wall Street Occupies Washington
The US Capitol Building, Washington DC. (Photo: drewsaunders) Wall Street did not engage in reckless financial behavior — which plunged 64 million people worldwide into extreme poverty …
What Regional Differences Mean for National Consensus
In American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, author Colin Woodard outlines eleven culturally distinct regions in the United States. (Image: Viking Adult) …
Anatomy of a Victory: Occupy Wall Street Wins a Big One
Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street protests raise brooms in the air on Wall Street in New York, Oct. 14, 2011. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times) …
Why Privatizing the Golden Years Wouldn’t Work
Russ Gregory, 70, third from left, a retired Central Falls Fire Department captain, listens to Robert Flanders, a state-appointed receiver who is trying to right the cities finances, during …
The Public Option in Banking: Another Look at the German Model
Norddeutsche Landesbank, a public corporation by the federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. (Photo: dierk schaefer) Publicly owned banks were instrumental in funding Germany's “economic miracle” …
The Death Penalty – Again
Princeton – Three significant events relating to the death penalty occurred in the United States during September. The one that gained the most publicity was the execution in Georgia …