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Will the US House Side With China on Currency?
If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to …
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“Globalization” Is Coming Home
It’s almost bedtime here in London, but Facebook is up and at it. Almost every post that appears in my news feed is about #occupywallstreet, and old and new …
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Justice Obstructed at Bagram as at Guantanamo: Ten Years Is Too Long!
Despite ten years of occupation and untold millions of dollars spent on rebuilding Afghanistan’s broken judicial and criminal justice system, the Afghan courts are “still too weak,” the Washington …
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Is Mitt Romney Ready for the World?
If current polls are correct, Mitt Romney seems likely to become the 2012 Republican presidential candidate and the next president of the United States. Therefore, we should carefully …
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A Delicate Moment for the Occupy Wall Street Movement
A group of children from Central Park East One and Two schools join demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park, New York, October 10, 2011. (Photo: …
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HB 56 Hurts Alabama’s Economy More Than It Helps
In all the debate surrounding Alabama's new immigration law, no one debates that it is the toughest in the nation. With Alabamian unemployment flirting with 10 percent and poverty …
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Bank of America Versus America the Beautiful
A public hew and cry has arisen against the announced plan of major banks to charge depositors three to five dollars a month for the use of debit cards …
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Obama’s Failing Emails: Where Did the President’s Mojo Go?
For connoisseurs, Barack Obama’s fundraising emails for the 2012 election campaign seem just a tad forlorn — slightly limp reminders of the last time ‘round. Four years …
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When Industry Pollutes, We All Pay a Steep Price
The Mountaineer power plant, a coal-burning facility in West Virginia. (Photo: Kevin Riddell / The New York Times) Economics professors Nicholas Z. Muller, Robert Mendelsohn and …
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Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now
Naomi Klein leading an open forum on Thursday, October 6, Day 21 of Occupy Wall Street. (Photo: David Shankbone) I was honored to be invited to speak …