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One Nation the US Actually Should Liberate
Jon Olsen's new book, Liberate Hawai'i: Renouncing and Defying the Continuing Fraudulent US Claim to the sovereignty of Hawai'i, makes a compelling case — a legal case as well …
Empire Beyond Salvation
US foreign policy is almost entirely crippled.
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Six Reasons Sen. Bernie Sanders Should Run for President
Here are six political opinions Sen. Sanders has articulated in recent months that Kevin Mathews would love to see the next US president pursue.
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The Hedge Fund Managers Tax Break: Because Wall Streeters Want Your Money
Dean Baker: The richest people in the country don't pay their taxes because they don't feel like it.
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Charter Schools and the Destruction of Public Education
Charter schools are a scam inflicted on black and Latino children and are meant to turn education into just another profit center.
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Americans Are Still Blind to Israel’s Domination of Palestinians
America's pro-Israel tilt became more blatant during the 1967 and 1973 wars and has remained a hallmark of US policy and politics ever since.
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Higher Education Financing Needs a Better Deal Than This
Bipartisan budget proposals seek to address the debt-burden on students, yet merely underscore the need for a drastic overhaul of post-secondary education financing.
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Why No Sustained Protests (Yet)?
Lingering effects of the organized post-1945 destruction of the New Deal coalition helps explain continuing austerity and other anti-democratic policies pursued by US governments, says economist Richard Wolff
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Social Change: We Are the Problem We Are Seeking to Solve
Social change movements want to fix a world dominated by exploitative relationships. Most social change theory aims at fixing particular systems, practices, toolkits, etc. Theory that works from the …
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Tiny House Living, Off the Grid? Here’s How to Do It in Style
A growing movement of tiny housers and tiny house villages is taking the simplicity, sustainability and freedom of tiny houses to the next level by building their tiny homes …