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Billionaire Gets New Sports Arena in Bankrupt Detroit
The very week Michigan Governor Rick Snyder granted a state-appointed emergency manageru2019s request to declare the Motor City bankrupt, the Tea Party governor gave a big thumbs-up to a …
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GOP: The Pope Has Some Lessons for You…
Republicans should take a look at the heart of the religious doctrine that it espouses to perpetuate violence and inequality.
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Understanding the Significance of the Trayvon Martin Protests
Protests are sweeping the nation in response to the George Zimmerman acquittal. New York, Philadelphia, DC, Miami, Houston, St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and LA are just some …
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A Pox on Optimists!
Yves Smith declares how America's brand of optimism has
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Mitch Daniels Should Have Been More Open-Minded About Howard Zinn’s Magnum Opus
Governor Mitch Daniel's dismissal of Howard Zinn's most famous text
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Banknado: A Real-Life Disaster Movie
Richard Eskow: The banking crisis in America is a real-life disaster movie with real-life consequences for its victims.
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Economic Policy Debates: Theater of Distraction
Richard Wolff: The debates proceed as if official policies were key to ending crises.
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White House Continues Playing “Let’s Make a Deal” With the GOP on Social Security and Medicare Benefit Cuts
President Obama is negotiating with the GOP all over again and middle-class benefit cuts are the only thing we know for sure is on the table.
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Justice Denied: Prolonged Occupation and Palestinian Child Detainees
With a political process that consistently demands peace without justice, Palestinian children living in the occupied territories have been denied justice at almost every turn.
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Icelandic Democracy on the Screen: “Pots, Pans and Other Solutions”
Examining the little island with big direct democracy ideas, the documentary ‘Pots, Pans and Other Solutions’ tells the story of Iceland's reaction to the financial crash.