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Op-Ed
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On Friday, Kill the #ChainedCPI Cut to Social Security & Veterans’ Benefits
We don't always have a clean shot at the 1 percent, but there is broad public consensus on this issue across many ideological and class lines.
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Boston: The 27th Mile
Itu2019s hard to think about tax policy or cost-of-living calculations for Social Security when death is in the news, when the grim horror of it hangs in the air …
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Stumble Stones in Germany
The late, late snow has finally disappeared from Berlin's streets. Visible once again, here and there, are the “stumble stones” –Stolpersteine in German – with their brief, tragic messages. …
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True or False: An Injury to One Is an Injury to All?
The slogan embraced by virtually all labor organizations of merit for hundreds of years—that "An injury to one is an injury to all"—is unfortunately, indeed tragically, thought to be …
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Fundamentalist Christian Monsters: Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me tell you of monsters and monstrous wrongs. And let me tell you what these bloody monsters thrive on. I founded the civil rights fighting …
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People and Peace Over Plutocracy
everal years ago a bunch of peace activists were eating in a restaurant in Crawford, Texas, and we noticed George W. Bush. He was actually a cardboard version of …
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It Doesn’t Take Much: On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq
Even for those who did not serve, the trauma of war torn Iraq continues to take its toll.
The New American Confederacy
One definition for confederacy is: A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.
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In Obama’s Budget, Poverty Initiatives Face an Uphill Battle
There are new and even historic anti-poverty proposals in this budget. But the better they are, the more they fall into the hard to get category.
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Global Warming: Why Aren’t We Using More Alternative Energy?
In Germany, Portugal, and India, among others, innovators are already surpassing the lagging US.