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Unraveling the “Future Generations” Debt Debate
The common claim that deficits mean that we're selling our birthright to the Chinese makes no sense at all.
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Five Easy Post-Election Predictions (No Matter Who Wins)
While there are many differences in the two presidential candidates, there are some things that will continue to break down this country no matter who is elected.
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The Basic Fact of Life on Earth
Sometime in the 1990s I heard the Harvard professor of medicine, Eric Chivian, make a presentation on Capitol Hill about the anthropogenic origins of global warming. He is an …
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Why Chavez Won Again
If you want to understand how the Chavez administration continues to win free and fair elections, you need only hear the stories of formerly marginalized communities and look more …
Fracking: We Know What We’re Against. What Are We FOR?
While the anti-fracking campaign is very vocal about what they are against, Maura Stephens outlines what goals the movement wants to accomplish.
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Romney’s Latest Lie, His Former Lies, and Why We Must Not Put Liars in the White House
Romney's latest move to accuse Chrysler of shipping production to China, and to blame Obama for letting it happen, has once again fallen flat.
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Frankenstorms and Climate Change: How the 1% Created a Monster
If hurricane Sandy - one of the largest storms in the history of the Atlantic - is man made, then have we, like Dr. Frankenstein, created a monster …
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Henry A. Giroux | Beyond the Dead End of American Electoral Politics: Rethinking the Crisis of Politics
The issue is no longer how to work within the current electoral system, but how to dismantle it and construct a new political landscape.
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The Corporate Mad Dogs of Citizens United
Jim Hightower: Before Citizens United, employers were barred by federal law from using corporate funds to push workers to support particular candidates.
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Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter
Among Afghanistanu2019s ongoing burdens of destitution and war, of course temperatures are now dropping again.