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Billionaires Score Big Win With McCutcheon Decision
The Supreme Court's majority ruled that a government of, by, and for the wealthy isn't corrupt.
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The United States Re-Balancing in East Asia
At a moment when the United States government hops up and down frantically every time North Korea launches a missile, a group of concerned individuals in policy gathered together …
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Russell Conwell: His Theology of Wealth and Today’s GOP
Dr. Zogby: "I thought of Russell Conwell's bizarre nineteenth-century theological glorification of wealth this past week when the Supreme Court removed one of the last remaining limits on the …
Why the GCC Should Welcome Iran Nuclear Talks
While most countries have welcomed this diplomacy, opposition to talks has primarily come from Israel and some GCC states. This opposition, however, is mistaken.
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Dollars for Endless War or Investment in a New Era?
After over a decade of war, it is time to shift national priorities and do away with the Pentagon's uncapped war expenses slush fund, the “Overseas Contingency Operations” fund.
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Boosting the Minimum Wage to $10.10 an Hour Should Be a No-Brainer
Public support for a minimum wage hike is overwhelming, but lobbying by powerful corporations is tripping it up in Congress.
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Get Intersectional! Or, Why Your Movement Can’t Go It Alone
“Intersectionality” is a way of thinking holistically about how different forms of oppression interact in people's lives, and movements need to use it.
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The Michigan Defeat; the Michigan Victory – Keeping the Issue of Palestine Alive on Campus
Whether the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) movements on campuses are successful, they are raising awareness.
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The Climate Deniers Are Using the Same Tactics as the Tobacco Industry
As it becomes increasingly obvious that global warming is entering doomsday scenario territory, the fossil fuel industry is ramping up the propaganda war.
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Six Reasons Charles Koch Is Full of Crap
Unsurprisingly, Koch believes that his selfish, capitalist ways represent the true American spirit and that he should be championed as a protector of liberties.