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How Occupy Won Over Religion
This year, churches and Occupiers are sharing a very different kind of Advent season.
Why Does Neoliberalism Persist Even After the Global Crisis?
The logic of austerity is bound to create contradictions in the path of populism.
No Santa Claus and Bill Clinton Was Not an Economic Savior
Just as little kids have to come to grips with the fact that there is no Santa Claus, millions of liberals,must realize that President Clintonu2019s policies sent the …
4 Reminders of Human Goodness After Sandy Hook
Following the heartbreak in Newtown, many Americans ask themselves: are people just horrible? The answer is no.
Chris Hedges | The Final Battle
The corporate state knows that the steady deterioration of the economy and the increasingly savage effects of climate change will create widespread social instability.
Federal Jury Finds City of Chicago Responsible for “Code of Silence” in Chicago Police Department
The code of silence is now itself subject to the rule of law.
NY Times Suggests It’s Pointless to Report Rape in Haiti, Ignoring Serious Efforts to Protect Women
This year was an extraordinary year for the gender-based violence world in Haiti, though there is still much work to be done
Pensions: A Promise is a Promise… Unless it’s Inconvenient
In the years since the recession, Rhode Island has hardly been alone in cutting pension benefits to state employees.
A View From Washington: The President’s Quest for the Unholy Grail
An empire in decline is always for sale and this new social contract is another example that we live in a full-blown plutonomy.
Gov. Walker Trusts Teachers With Guns, but Not With Collective Bargaining
Scott Walker has apparently decided that the problem is not too many guns - it is that there are not enough.