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“Click, Clack, Moo”: Why the One Percent Always Wins
As a high school English teacher for nearly two decades, I came to embrace a need to offer students a wide range of lenses for interacting with and learning …
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“Move Your Money” and Support the Local Economy
“Remember the Fifth of November” may only be known from the film “V For Vendetta” or as Guy Fawkes’ Day, but now its part of a global action …
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A Decade of Patriot Act Abuses
Ten years ago, President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law. It passed with the support of all but 66 members of the House of Representatives and …
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Policing the 99 Percent (Part 1)
Much has already been written and said about violence police against unarmed OWS protesters in New York, Chicago, Boston, and now Oakland. From using pepper spray against peaceful protesters …
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The Disuniting of America
In the Bible, Paul doesn't say that money is the root of all evil — rather, it is the love of money that he warns against. In …
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Republicans Crack Me Up
Herman Cain speaking at CPAC FL in Orlando, Florida. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Upon cracking open the Washington Post home page early Tuesday morning, I counted no less …
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The Occupiers’ Responsive Chord
A combination of police crackdowns and bad weather are testing the young Occupy movement. But rumors of its demise are premature, to say the least. Although numbers are hard …
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The World Is Finally Fighting Off the Infection of Neoliberalism
The narrative seems simple enough: on December 18, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, an over-educated but under-employed Tunisian fruit seller, immolated himself in protest and died at the age of 26. …
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Spotlight G20: Why We Need a Financial Transaction Tax
At the forthcoming G20 Summit (Cannes, 3-4 November 2011), the summit leaders are expected to address several policy issues concerning world economy and financial markets, many of which remained …
Occupy the Future
That the Occupy movement is unprecedented seems appropriate because this is an unprecedented era.