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Now That the Senate Has Picked New Leaders, Will We Get New Policies?
With a short lame duck session to finish first, 2015 already looks like a legislative session that will be full of butting heads, dueling policies, and outside action groups …
Private Equity Now Looking to Even Bigger Chumps, Namely 401(k)s and Retail
Private equity has managed to flourish because its biggest investor group is what is referred to as “dumb money.”
Why the Right Keeps Winning and the Left Keeps Losing
The answer given by the media then, and often proffered today as well by the Democrats is, “It's the economy, stupid.”
Democrats’ “National” Silence Was Deafening
We have never seen an election where there were no 1, 2, or 3-minute national network ads blanketing the country the night before the election or in the weeks …
System Change, or There and Back Again: Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism
Traditional capitalism yields recurring crises which have provoked transitions to traditional socialism and fascism.
Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal: A Journey Across a City Divided
On the brink of a new, post-bankruptcy beginning, Detroit is really two cities.
Context, Conflict and Historical Consciousness: Pondering the Meaning of Ukraine
Contradictory tendencies and elements in Ukraine's past again attained a level of ripeness that necessitated explosive development and transformation.
Abundant Clean Renewables? Think Again!
Although “renewable” energy is growing faster than ever before, it is neither carbon neutral, “clean” nor sustainable.
The Minstrelsy of Marketing
At this point, the appropriation of blackness on social media should come to be expected.
As TPP Trade Talks Miss Third Deadline, Opponents Claim Momentum
Government negotiators for 12 Pacific Rim countries have missed an internal deadline to reach agreement on a controversial US-led trade deal.