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The Rise of Orwellian Economics
(Image: CLEMENT, Canada / CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate)These past few years have been lean times in many respects — but they’ve been boom years for …
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Cartagena, Beyond The Secret Service Scandal
Though sidelined by the Secret Service scandal, last month's Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, was an event of considerable significance. There are three major reasons: Cuba, the …
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Fascist America: Have We Finally Turned The Corner?
The author offers one of her periodic assessments of America's potential to go fascist. And the news is better than it's been in years. America has never been without …
Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life
Since 9/11, the campaign for homeland security has increasingly mimicked the tactics of the enemies its sought to crush.
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The Tinder-Box Society
Public anger and frustration can ignite in two very different ways. One is toward reforms that more broadly share the productivity gains. The other is toward demagogues that turn …
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The Stench of Bentonville Spreads to Mexico – and Back
Shoppers at a Walmart store in Mexico City, March 29, 2012. (Photo: Josh Haner / The New York Times) Wal-mart has long boasted of its "Always Low Prices," …
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How the Amendment to End Slavery Was Damaged by Racism
A Note From the Writer It seems my destiny has placed me here to make my stand for human rights. On March 7 of 1969 in Chicago, I was …
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Witch Hunt for the Zombie Voter
Washington - Republicans are waging the most concerted campaign to prevent or discourage citizens from exercising their legitimate voting rights since the Jim Crow days of poll taxes and …
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The Haymarket Affair and the Origins of May Day
(Photo: Frank Edwards / Flickr)May 1st is May Day, the international workers' holiday honoring the labor movement. May Day is celebrated in at least 80 countries worldwide, from Argentina …
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Economists, Liquidity Mongers and the Banker Assault on Financial Reform
This has been a bad stretch for advocates of financial reform – and therefore for the economy as a whole. One after the other, new financial regulations contained in …