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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.
The Costs of “Good” Economics
If there is a central argument to 13 Bankers, it is that politics matters. The financial crisis was the result of a long-term transformation of the financial sector and its …
The Right’s Racism Is Showing
The House Republicans dumping the food stamp program, the continuing GOP assaults on voting rights and the outcome of the Trayvon Martin murder verdict indicate that white racism is …
Combating Sexual Harassment in Egypt
Protests in Egypt open doors to address sexual harassment and violence against Egyptian women.
SCOTUS v. the Right to Vote: Three Strikes, but We’re Not Out
This ruling is the third time in the past five years that the Supreme Court has struck a blow against fair elections.
How to Be a Rogue Superpower
The response to Edward Snowden by the US is unprecedented: an u201cinternational manhuntu201d (or more politely but less accurately, u201ca diplomatic full court pressu201d).
A Memorial for a Failed Border Policy
You can easily miss it. The steel fence towers over the small memorial for Chris Lamadrid, who the Border Patrol shot in the back as he climbed over the …
Horsemeat, Child-Soldiers, and Tiaras: Breaking Down Social Constructs
Several months ago, there was a huge outcry that the Swedish furniture store IKEA was found using horsemeat in their meatballs and sausages. [1] Apparently they had been doing …
Will the People Decide? What’s Next For the Egyptian Revolution
With the political and social atmosphere at a violent flux, the world watches and waits to see what will happen in Egypt next.