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Op-Ed
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A Legacy of Occupy: Sticking It to Wall Street
The Occupy movement energized a vanguard of voters to become more populist in their demands.
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Why We Should Stop Obsessing About the Federal Budget Deficit
I wish President Obama and the Democrats would explain to the nation that the federal budget deficit isnu2019t the nationu2019s major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldnu2019t be our …
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The Ultimate Education Reform
Veteran educator Marion Brady has a very different take on reform than the so-called education reformers that dominate the schools debate today. He has a big idea, which …
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Obama Was Re-Elected: Now What?
Obama was re-elected by the poor and working class, who need to exercise their new clout to achieve real reform
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Sex & War: General Petraeus Scandal and the Untold Stories
Long before coming to America, the first English phrase I ever uttered was, oddly enough: “No money, no honey.” The painted girls in impossibly tight, colorful miniskirts who strutted …
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Even Cops Want to End the War on Drugs
The political winds are changing when it comes to legalizing marijuana in America. Now that voters in Colorado and Washington have decided to legalize marijuana, it's clear the political …
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Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All
Militarization is increasingly the sole method the global 1 percent favors to create and protect its excessive wealth.
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A New Middle East Agenda for Obama
If Obama wants to make a lasting mark during his second term, he must ensure that US policy in the Middle East is no longer dictated by energy sources, …
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Give BP the Death Penalty
If corporate charters were contingent on corporations operating in the best interests of the public, as they used to be, then our nation would get some long-overdue for some …
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Will an Artist Please Render That Scientific Fact?
As a follow-up to my op-ed yesterday, “Science Fiction Science Fact,” I'd like to call to readers' attention the Op-Ed in today's New York Times by Orrin Pilkey. Orrin …