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“Class” Used to Be a Dirty Word: Elections Point to New Paradigm
The 2012 presidential race is shaping up as a new kind of political fight being fairly openly fought around the issue of class and inequality with racial overtones.
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Economic Growth “Development” and the Triple Crisis: El Salvadore and Gold Mining
The economic crash of 2008 helped redefine our relationship with big business. Given El Salvador's efforts to keep mining corporations out of their country, can we also redefine the …
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Robert Reich: The Politics of Fear and the Party of Non-Voters
It is not the Democrats or the Republicans who dominate this country, but the party of
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Why the Obscenely Wealthy Whine When They Have It So Good
Romney's 47 percent comments are exactly what wealthy conservatives think: that they are the true victims.
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Big Food Behemoths Embarrass Their Organic Offshoots
Big Food's mobilization against California's right-to-know law is making more green-minded consumers aware of the companies that own their favorite brands.
Killing the Kids That Don’t Need to Die
Someone should put to Obama and Romney the same question: u201cWhy are we killing the kids that donu2019t need to die?u201d
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The Climate Change Denying, Tobacco/DDT Advocate Henry Miller and the No on 37 Campaign
A campaign bankrolled by financially motivated pesticide and junk food companies is expected to lie - a lot. It's what they always do when confronted by inconvenient facts and …
Citizen Diplomacy in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas: “You Are Welcome!“
Many Americans have an image of Pakistan and its people as
The War of Extraction
Let us embrace an ideal and battle to extend the social contract to environmental rights. u00a0
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Delusion and Negligence: The Two-Party System in the US
P.L. Thomas: Who lost the debate? The partisan public.