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How To Invent A Misleading Statistic
A misleading statistic not only misinforms, it has the ability to distract the public from the dangerous reality of our government's failures.
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Abe at Ground Zero: The Consequences of Inaction at Fukushima Daiichi
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo can save Japan or TEPCO, but he can't save both.
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How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
Gareth Porter: The intelligence summary on the alleged Syrian nerve gas attacks shows signs of deception.
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State Failures, National Models and the Perpetuation of Educational Injustice
Corporations' dominance of education policy results in more segregation and less education.
Greg Palast: Potential Fed Chair Summers at Heart of Global Economic Crisis
Greg Palast has obtained a secret memo revealing Larry Summers was involved in deal that helped setup the global economic crisis.
John Lewis Marches On
Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis revisit the 1963 March on Washington. How did it transform America?
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Still Alive & Kicking Today: A “New Idea” From 1980s
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka discusses the need for solidarity with other organizations, Jobs With Justice has been doing just that since the 1980's.
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Berry Pickers Walk Out, Boycott
As the work watches the fast food workers protest their detestable conditions, Pickers at Sakuma Brothers Farms north of Seattle have walked off the berry fields twice and launched …
Trade & Investment Rules Facilitating What, for Whom?
Vijay Prashad: “People who own things have disproportionate economic power in society. We've made it impossible to create economic power for workers.”
Wall Street Journal Considers Zero Prosecutions of Banks Excessive
The department of Justice claims they are cracking down on bank fraud but they are mostly imposing fines and targeting small fish.