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Op-Ed
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How the GOP Plans to Subvert, Buy and Obstruct the Vote in 2016
Instead of trying to compete, the GOP is trying to change. Change the rules of the game, that is.
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Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic Now
A calm apocalypticism is not crazy, but rather can help us confront honestly the crises of our time.
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Washington, Media & Lloyd Blankfein Corporate Elites to the People: “Let Them Eat Cat Food.”
Galloping crony capitalism that ensures a corporate stranglehold on Washington has increased exponentially since the Supreme Court essentially offered unfettered access to and influence over Capitol insiders by their …
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Ayn Rand: Queen of the Universe
The middle class in America - and through most of the developed world - is at risk of going extinct. u00a0
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Global Day of Action for MAP Test Boycott: Many Thanks From a Garfield Teacher
Yesterday, February 6, was a national day of action to support Seattle teachers' boycott of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test. The response was astounding. We received messages …
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Will American Pro-Life Supporters Condemn Israel for Mass Administration of Contraceptives to Ethiopian Women?
"Once they were kings. A half million strong, they matched their faith with fervor and out-matched the Moslem and Christian tribesmen around them to rule the mountain highlands around …
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Michael Lewis!
On the title page of my copy of The Big Short, in black ink, it says: “For James Kwak With admiration” And then a scrawl that I …
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What Security Means to Edi
There's nothing special about the Arma family. They're like countless other American households, with parents working hard to raise their kids right in a blue-collar sunbelt immigrant community in …
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How Secrecy Corrodes Democracy
The Obama administration is under fire for its secret policy of using drone strikes to kill alleged terrorists, an anger heightened by frustration over decades of excessive government secrecy.
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Don’t Be Like Mikes
Danny Katch diagnoses New York City's mysterious case of Michael Bloombergs.