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Op-Ed
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ACORN, Amgen and the GOP Budget for 2013
The GOP's proposed budget bill would defund the defunct ACORN. This could be good news for progressives.
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Tar Sands Resistance Escalates in Massachusetts
Using tools from the occupied plazas and parks of 2011, activists are organizing horizontally and building a truly inclusive environmental movement.
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The Price of Bud—or Foe—Has Indeed Risen
“I rather have a John Brown than a Clarence Thomas.” So said the preacher. Yep, a preacher. He said it publicly.
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Universal Neglect: A Failure to Protect Americans’ Health
Walter Brasch discusses the poor state of health and dental care in America after a disturbing letter from friend and journalist Paul Krassner.
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For 20-Somethings, the No-Limits, No-Pay Job
Parents and recent college grads should worry as 20-somethings continue to take abuse and wage theft in the work place.
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Why Chavez Chose Social Safety Net Over Skyscrapers
The late Venezuelan president believed people needed and deserved a comfortable baseline from which to survive and prosper, and he put that ahead of capitalist shows of his …
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An Addition to the Climate Movement-Civil Disobedience Toolkit
Local lawmaking efforts like those activists pushed through in Pittsburgh should be taken up on a much larger scale.
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Hugo Chávez & the Middle East: Which Side Was He On?
Most of the postmortem commentary on Hugo Chávez has focused on his domestic legacy in Venezuela, his wider regional legacy within Latin America, and what we might call his …
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One of First Iraq Veterans to Publicly Oppose War Will Die for Our Sins
u201cI had been toying with the idea of suicide for a long time,
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Race and Face: Of Deception and Repetition
Contemporary examples of cultural exclusion represent larger patterns that reinforce racism.