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Renewable Energy’s Not-So-Bright Side
The answer is blowin’ in the wind, and shining in the sun, too — or so say two papers cited by Brad Plumer in a recent article for The …

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Wal-Mart v. Dukes and the Matter of Size
Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s progress and the American piece of this epic story began in Lawrence, Massachusetts, when 25,000 mill workers took to the streets …

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The Collapse of Globalization
The uprisings in the Middle East, the unrest that is tearing apart nations such as the Ivory Coast, the bubbling discontent in Greece, Ireland and Britain and the labor …

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Shifting the Balance of the Class War
When the history of the early 21st century is debated a hundred years hence, perhaps a central point of contention will be the variant forms used by capitalists to …

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Perceptions of Climate Change
This past winter, for the second year in a row, seemed pretty extreme in both Europe and the United States. So this is a good time to check quantitatively …

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Convenient Arguments
Here’s my solution to our national debt. We have a one-time, 100 percent tax on all wealth (net worth) of all United States residents, with a $10 million per-person …

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Extensive Outsourcing Leads to Trouble
A helicopter owned by a defense contractor hovers near Baghdad. (Photo: Shawn Baldwin / The New York Times) There’s a new article in the March/April edition of …

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The New American Dream
(Illustration: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) If you are wealthy, you are living in the Golden Age of your American Dream, and it's a damned fine time to be …

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The Social Security Scam: How Media Driven Misdirection Is Being Used to Hijack Your Future
As the budget battle rages in Washington, calls to cutSocial Security benefits are ramping up. Pundits pushing ‘conventional wisdom’ say that doing so is prudent for a nation facing …

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Stiglitz: Common Sense Pierces The Budget Hysteria
Common sense is an endangered species in today’s budget frenzy. Inside the Beltway, millions of dollars have gone into a concerted campaign to elevate hysteria about deficits, …