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The GOPs Tunnel Vision
Washington - Don't fall for it. There's no "new tone" coming from the Republican-controlled House. It's just a remix of the same old song. Anyone who watched …
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A Dream? A Lie? Or Something Worse?
Given what I've been writing for the past few years about upward mobility and the state of "the American Dream," it doesn't come as a surprise to me that …
Counter-Memory and the Politics of Loss After 9/11
To address our collapsing intellectual and moral visions, we must reclaim and re-imagine those moments of compassion, social relations and democratic ideals that surfaced briefly after 9/11.
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CREDO Mobile, Warren Buffet and the Limits of Progressive Business
Two web petitions showed up in progressive inboxes last week. One, organized by Daily Kos in support of striking Verizon workers, was blasted out by “alternative” cell service provider …
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America’s Self-Inflicted Decline
Melbourne - If the broad post-World War II prosperity that has endured for six decades comes to an end, both the United States and Europe will be responsible. With …
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Ben Bernanke’s Dream World
Berkeley - US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is not regarded as an oracle in the way that his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, was before the financial crisis. But …
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A Personal Encounter: Sorrow, History and Catastrophe in Japan After the Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown
When my marriage ends I am in the middle of reading Norwegian Wood. Traumatized by the news that Naoko, the enigmatic and troubled woman he loves, has committed suicide, Murakami’s …
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Jobs, and Clean Air Too
What’s good for job growth, good for the environment, and good for public health? No, it’s not a trick question, but it is a reassessment of what passes for …
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The “Worst of the Worst”? 9/11, Guantanamo and the Failures of US Corporate Media
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, George W. Bush deliberately discarded domestic and international laws, creating an experimental facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. There prisoners would be …
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Who’s Building the Do-It-Ourselves Economy?
Corbyn Hightower was doing everything right. She worked long hours selling natural skin care products, flying between cities to meet customers, staying in posh hotels. She pulled down a …