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The Death of Sunny Sheu
The cover-up of the death of an anti-corruption whistleblower by numerous agencies and the mainstream media.
The Euro Is Not in Trouble. People Are
The European Central Bank continues to make low-interest loans to private banks, but credit for Europe's main street players never materializes.
WikiLeaks Sheds Light on Paul Ryan’s Questionable Human Rights Stance
While Paul Ryan's economic policy is widely known, his foreign policy views, which appear to prioritize economic and political gains over human rights, often slip under the radar.
It Takes a Village to Get Control of the Pentagon: How Democrats and Republicans Must Walk a Narrow Path to True Reform
I want to talk about the reality of making some real changes in the DoD auditing and the budget, and what could work for people like me who have …
You Say You Want a Revolution of Values?
I spoke this past weekend at the Kateri Peace Conference in upstate New York ( https://kateripeaceconference.org ) along with Kathy Kelly, John Horgan, Ellen Grady, James Ricks, Matt Southworth, …
Election Countdown 2012: Sanitation Workers Refuse to Stop Picketing for the Democratic National Convention and More
In this week's Election Countdown: Its a young crowd at this year's Repuplican National Convention as headliners are barely in their forties; Georgia has to borrow federal funding …
Social Security and Medicare on the Chopping Block
Despite the many expressed fears that the Apocalypse awaits us and the alarmist predictions that we are about to go over the proverbial cliff when it comes to funding …
Real Remedies for the Foreclosure Crisis Exist: The Game-Changing Implications of Bain v. MERS
MERS is the electronic smokescreen that allowed banks to build their securitization Ponzi scheme without worrying about details like ownership and chain of title.
How America’s Falling Share of Global College Graduates Threatens Future Economic Competitiveness
The United Statesu2019 share of global college graduates fell substantially in the first decade of the 21st century and stands to drop even more by 2020 as developing economies …
The Global 1%: Exposing the Transnational Ruling Class
This study asks Who are the the worldu2019s 1 percent power elite? And to what extent do they operate in unison for their own private gains over benefits for …