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“Won’t Back Down” Film Pushes ALEC Parent Trigger Proposal
New film “Won't Back Down” prompts a closer examination of parent trigger laws, its funders and backers and a closer look at those promoting Parent Trigger as a cure …
Why the New Fed Stimulus Won’t Jumpstart the Economy – and What Would
The Fed could give production and employment a bigger boost by using its lender-of-last-resort status in more direct ways than the current version of QE.
Fracking’s Health Calamities Left to Fester
Despite slick PR campaign, fracking is turning huge parts of American into toxic industrial zones.
Election Countdown 2012: Privatization in Chicago Schools Still Threatens Teachers, and More
Mission elapsed time: T + 13 and counting* When I sally forth to seek my pray I help myself in a royal way / I sink a few more …
Did Quebec’s Election End the Student Movement?
The election divided students and left the movement with an uncertain future. But the real victory may be in what students learned about their own empowerment.
A Direct Stake in Economic Life
The obvious question is: why aren't large numbers of businesses organized on this principle?
Tax-Exempt Boy Scouts Hide ‘Morally Straight’ Pedophiles in Plain Sight
Our tax money is supporting an organization that is not a unique religion but is being allowed to criminally hide pedophiles from law enforcement and the unsuspecting public.
The Taxing Terms of the GOP Plan Invite Class Carnage
Rationalizers for the really rich want it both ways.
Revolution, Elections, and Betrayal: Hard Lessons from Egypt
As the new Morsi government negotiates with the IMF, it's clear that - as in the US - elections in Egypt have not responded to citizens' revolutionary demands …
Private Equity and the 47 Percent
Romney's supporters include the head of the firm that took the most portfolio companies into bankruptcy in 2011, but he still had the gall to disparage workers who …