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Op-Ed
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Drone Island in the East River
Here is the real danger: We're making murder in its most recognizable form acceptable.
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19 Young Activists Changing America
These activists know that the radical ideas of one generation are often the common-sense ideas of the next: They are practical idealists.
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Chris Hedges | Our Invisible Revolution
Until Americans stop putting their faith in systems that only harm them, we will continue to suffer from the pressures of capitalism.
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Mike Lofgren | The Revolt of the Lower Middle Class and the Stupidity of the Elites
Why do Tea Party adherents favor policies that are often directly counter to their economic interests?
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Even the Dead Travel in the Age of Globalization
“'Til death do us part,” that age-old marriage vow, has always sounded a little, well, non-committal to Confucian ears. In Vietnam, for instance, where I come from, death is …
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Myth Busting the Smear Campaign Against Social Security
With the interim ‘debt ceiling/government shutdown’ agreement reached last week between the Obama administration and the Teaparty-driven U.S. House of Representatives, the real negotiations on deficit cutting—aka Austerity American …
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The Real Social Security Retirement Age is Already 70
The full Social Security benefit is pegged to a u201cretirement ageu201d thatu2019s many years after most people retire.
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Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | The Lies That Will Kill America
As mainstream media continues to defend big banks like JP Morgan Chase, they hurt the people left most vulnerable after the economic crisis, the American people.
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America’s Most Beloved War Criminals
How is it that those who serve as secretary of state are given a free pass for their roles in the foreign policy disasters in which they served?
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How to Steer Our Rolls-Royce World onto a Smoother Road
“No child anywhere needs to grow up — and suffer — in extreme poverty,” writes Pizigati.