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Why Do Senators Boxer and Wyden Want to Bomb Iran?
Lobbyists are swarming the US Senate seeking support for a bill that would make war with Iran more likely.
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Defend Martin Luther King’s Dream Act: Protect the Voting Rights Act and Expand It Across America
America's heart breaks when we see, a half century after King's Dream speech, African-Americans in Florida standing for six hours to cast their ballot.
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Writing the Unwritten Handbook: Antifascism and Neighborhood Resistance in Athens
Joshua Stephens witnesses how anti-fascists in Greece are resisting austerity and Golden Dawn while supporting their communities.
Omar Barghouti on How to End Apartheid in Palestine
Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti explains his peopleu2019s resistance, and the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign.
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FDR Put Humanity First; the Sequester Puts It Last
FDR placed the needs of the American people above petty budgetary concerns, but today's leaders lack his courage and vision.
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How to Know When to Tax and When to Spend
Republicans have either forgotten or just ignored these common-sense Economics 101 principles that have guided our nation for hundreds of years.
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Lords of Disorder: Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else
Richard Eskow: We're demanding sacrifice from the middle class - pretty much everybody, in fact, who isn't too big to fail.
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How Inequality Is Killing the Dinosaurs
What killed the dinosaurs the first time around? Meteor? Global warming? Smoking? Salvatore Babones argues that the culprit for the loss and destruction of what little is left of …
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Five Reasons the Keystone Pipeline is Bad for the Economy
The American labor movement is once again facing a most controversial issue — the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the KXL debate has largely centered around the …
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No Safety in Being Armed, Why Does Myth Persist?
If being armed made you safe, no law enforcement officer would ever get killed. President Reagan would not have been shot and Chris Kyle, arguably the best shot in …