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How to Create a Depression
Cambridge - European political leaders may be about to agree to a fiscal plan which, if implemented, could push Europe into a major depression. To understand why, it is …
Utah Doctors Join the Occupy Movement
Open pit copper mine run by London-based mining conglomerate Rio Tinto/Kennecott in Bingham Canyon, Utah. It is the world's largest open-pit mine and has created the world's largest …
Americans Are Less Nationalistic Than Flag-Waving Politicians Think
Are American politicians out of sync with the public when it comes to foreign policy? There is considerable reason to believe so. Throughout the scramble for …
Working and Poor in the USA
"Our nation, so richly endowed with natural resources and with a capable and industrious population, should be able to devise ways and means of insuring to all our able-bodied …
Occupy Innovation: Neither the Military Nor the Market Does
Actress Anne Hathaway marches with demonstrators on the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. (Photo: Elana Levin) If the US fought for the post-carbon economy the way …
A Look Behind the US Drop in Undocumented Immigration
A recent New York Times op-ed by Dowell Myers argues that we need to shift from an “immigration policy,” focused on border enforcement, to an “immigrant policy” focused on the integration …
100% Unverifiable Statewide E-Voting in South Carolina’s 2012 GOP Primary
The voting systems in use for the nation's first three all-important electoral contests in the 2012 primary —- from Iowa to New Hampshire to Saturday's South Carolina Primary —- …
From CEO to Candidate, Romney Flip-Flops on Debt
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Photo: Andrew Burton / The New York Times) Many people on Wall Street are befuddled. After all, a private equity firm creating …
Gingrich Surges With Old, Familiar Ploy: Racist Attacks on Poor People
Newt Gingrich looks to be winning the race-baiting competition this Republican primary season. Fueled by a new version of his well honed attacks on the safety net, Gingrich celebrated …
Citizens United: A Tsunami of Secret Corporate Campaign Cash Is Drowning Our Democracy
(Photo: JasonUnbound / Flickr) Today is the two-year anniversary of the infamous Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court that allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of …