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Unity College Becomes First to Pull Money From Dirty Energy
The university will divest their financial holdings from fossil-fuel companies.
Latino Voters Assist in Turning Back Extremist Policies
The large number of votes cast by Latinos across the country sent a clear message that the Republican barrage of insults and disrespect hurled at them will no longer …
Likening Palestinians to Blades of Grass
Israeli hardliners joke about the periodic need to decimate each new generation of Palestinian militants as u201cmowing the grass,u201d a process underway again in new bombardments of Gaza.
Living Up to “The New Deal”: Half the Nation Is Still Waiting
FDR realized that the nation's future well being would be undermined if some fraction of our people - whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth - is ill-fed, …
In Leaked Documents, Honeywell Cites Obama Ties as Key to Anti-Union Strategy
A leaked internal Honeywell document outlines an anti-union strategy that includes leveraging Obama administration connections.
It Was Actually Romney Who Campaigned Bearing “Gifts“
But instead of offering his gifts to actual people, Romney pledged to reward his favorite kinds of virtual people - corporations and banks.
De-Pinkwashing Israel
Palestinian, US and Israeli LGBT groups are mobilizing against Israeli pinkwashing.
Education for Profit in Detroit: The Buying and Selling of “Failing” Children
Community coalitions and task forces are battling for the soul of public education in Detroit.
Sherrod Brown Re-Elected Voicing Middle-Class Populism and Class-War Campaigning
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown won reelection by u201cwaging class warfareu201d using middle-class populism.
Why Rove Failed to Deliver Ohio on Election Day: What Happened in Ohio This Time Around
While many Republicans, including Karl Rove believe that the Ohio voting results were attributed to voter fraud, in the end, hard facts and numbers do not lie.