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Protecting Abortion Clinics – Without a Buffer Zone
The unanimous Supreme Court decision striking down the 35-foot Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone has left other such laws in jeopardy.
Even the Council on Foreign Relations Is Saying It: Time to Rain Money on Main Street
The economy continues to teeter on the edge of deflation. The Fed needs to pump up the money supply and stimulate demand in some other way.
How the US Made ISIS: Their Videos and Ours, Their “Caliphate” and Ours
ISIS lives and breathes and grows, and across the greater middle east Islamic extremist organizations are gaining traction in ways that should illuminate just what the war on terror …
But Is It Good for the Jews?
If you are over fifty and were raised in a Jewish household, you either heard this question, “but is it good for the Jews?”
One Hundred Ways to Change the Subject: Plutocratic Fallacies in the Service of Fast-Food Exploitation
Fast-food worker demands are being met with “plutocratic fallacies” attempting to justify exploitive wages and division among workers.
What Black Women in West Philadelphia Had to Say About Women’s Equality Day
Rarely, if ever, are Black women interviewed in the neighborhoods where they live and asked about a policy's impact on their lives.
The United States’ War Hawks Back in Flight
With the US government-and-media war hawks back in full flight - preparing to swoop down on Syria as well as Iraq - wiser heads might reflect on the chaos …
Arts Therapy Improves Recovery and Cuts Medical Expenditures
For people going through a tough time, sometimes a little touch of humanity is all that's needed.
If Unions Are Breaking Automakers, Why Are BMW and Mercedes So Rich?
In Germany, auto workers get paid well and their companies still profit. Author Thom Hartmann on why living wages and corporate success don't have to be mutually exclusive.
Bank of America Settlement and the Need for Legal Aid Lawyers
One of the best ways to prevent unnecessary foreclosures is to provide struggling families with a legal aid lawyer.