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How Low Can Your Salary Go? 117 ALEC Bills in 2013 Fuel Race to the Bottom
ALEC's legislative agenda may not leave much of an economy for the rest of us.
Radically American: Theodore Dreiser and His Call to Fix Democracy
“Only the mass can get America out of the me,” is the message novelist Theodore Dreiser put forth over a century ago, and it is still true today.
Climate of Change: What Does an Inside-Outside Strategy Mean?
Climate is one of the most important issues of our time, yet it is regarded as more of an inconvenience than an inconvenient truth.
Collateral Damage: QE3 and the Shadow Banking System
Ellen Brown: The Federal Reserve Act might have to be modified, but what Congress has wrought can change.
The Brief, Tragic Reign of Consumerism…And the Birth of a Happy Alternative
You and I consume; we are consumers. The global economy is set up to enable us to do what we innately want to do—buy, use, discard, and buy some …
“Iraq Invades the United States,” and Other Headlines from an Upside Down History of the US Military and the World
Eduardo Galeano, one of the great global writers, takes us from 1916 to late tomorrow night via eight little excerpts from his new book, Children of the Days: A …
Egyptian Turmoil Brings Greater Suffering in Gaza
The political unrest in Egypt only has a negative affect on those living in Gaza who are oppressed from both sides.
General Hayden’s Glass House
Official Washingtonu2019s national security/mainstream media incest was on scandalous display when ex-NSA chief Michael Hayden posed as a CNN analyst to denounce Edward Snowden for exposing that which he …
Why Boycotting Israel Harms the Palestinian Cause
The campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel has often been the subject of ridicule and criticism, but rarely for the right reasons. The most common accusation …
The US Embarrasses Itself by Flailing Around Over Edward Snowden
The government's continued failure to capture Edward Snowden reveals a more important falilure: its inability to be honest with American citizens.