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On the Death of Helen Thomas
A look back at the legacy of Helen Thomas, the first female journalist to cover the White House, including her battle with Zionist critics.
Edward Snowden and Financial Speculation Taxes
Dean Baker: If only America used the same muscle it uses to pursue whistleblowers to change its tax policy.
Agribusiness Subsidy Cuts Could Save Food Stamps in the Farm Bill
Billions of dollars could be saved by cutting subsidies while still protecting vital nutrition programs for the poor, if policymakers are willing to make them.
Wichita Abortion Clinic Continues the Fight for Reproductive Justice
Four years after Dr. George Tiller's death, the newly reopened and renamed South Wind Woman's Center continues the fight for reproductive justice in the conservative state of Kansas.
No, Really… You Are What You Eat
“Can you point to the radish?” I asked the group of kids gathered in front of my booth. Awkward silence ensues.
What the Empire Didn’t Hear: US Spying and Resistance in Latin America
In all of the data the US gathered, it missed one crucial fact: that Latin America is no longer Washington's backyard.
A National Debate about Government Spying
Why not have a national debate about the nature of our foreign policies and the influences behind them?
Prometheus Among the Cannibals: A Letter to Edward Snowden
No matter whatu2019s written about him here in the mainstream, the spectacle of a single remarkably articulate and self-confident individual outwitting the last superpower has been, in its own …
Global Power Project: Banking on Influence With Bank of America
Bank of America is an influential institution in the media, military industrial complex, think tanks, chemical companies and government circles.
Cashing in on Kids: 139 ALEC Bills in 2013 Promote a Private, For-Profit Education Model
Programs to divert taxpayer money from public to private schools have spread across the country.