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The Best Among Us
An activist from the Occupy Wall Street movement is shown being arrested by police in New York on September 24, 2011. (Photo: Brennan Cavanaugh / Flickr) There …
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Occupy Wall Street and New Bottom Line Spark the Struggle to Take Back the American Dream
In its second week, hundreds of people have taken over Liberty Square as part of Occupy Wall Street. What started as a loosely organized protest against the corrupting impact …
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Chris Christie’s Big Problem
Washington - Whether or not he lets himself be convinced to run for president, Chris Christie needs to find some way to lose weight. Like everyone else, elected officials …
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Young People Must Act Now to Protect Their Futures
As President Obama is selling his American Jobs Act and deficit-reduction plan and Republicans cry “it won't work” and “class warfare,” America faces the threat of a lost generation. …
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USA, 250,000 Empty Public Properties Should Be Used to Address the Housing Crisis
Elephant in the Room: Amongst Talks of Market Fixes, A Crisis in Human Need The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the U.S. Treasury, and the …
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On October 6, Let’s Make a National Clamor for Peace
(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: Spc. Bryanna Poulin, The U.S. Army) On October 7, 2011, the United States will have been at war for ten years. …
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Austerity Caucus Pushes Europe to the Brink
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) One of the good ideas in a now-essential recent paper by Paul De Grauwe, a professor of economics …
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Why They Hate Warren Buffett
Washington - Maybe only a really, really rich guy can credibly make the case for why the wealthy should be asked to pay more in taxes. You can't accuse …
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The Revolution Begins at Home: Join the Wall Street Occupation
What is occurring on Wall Street right now is truly remarkable. For over ten days, in the sanctum of the great cathedral of global capitalism, the dispossessed have liberated …
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Onward to Wall Street
Police keep in close proximity to protesters as they walk near Wall Street, in New York, September 26, 2011. Demonstrations continued into the evening Monday as protests aimed at …