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Regulating Banks vs. Displacing Them: Where Clinton and Sanders Disagree on Wall Street
Sanders and Clinton often use similar rhetoric when discussing Wall Street, but their financial policies are far from the same.
Obama’s Last Budget May Be Ignored by the GOP
Throughout the Obama administration, the divide between Congress and the White House has been growing steadily wider.
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Financial Reform: It’s About Improving the Financial System, Not 2008
As the Democratic presidential race heats up, the debate on financial reform has taken a bizarre twist.
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Counternarcotics US Military Aid to Colombia Has Been a Nightmare for Women
Six women were raped every hour in Colombia during the first nine years of Plan Colombia, a counternarcotics military operation.
William Rivers Pitt | The New Hampshire Primary and Beyond
“If a more perfect metaphor for the 2016 New Hampshire primary has presented itself, I haven't heard of it.”
The 21st Century US Military: Not the “Finest Fighting Force in the History of the World“
Maybe if we stopped claiming that the US military was the finest fighting force in the history of the world, both we and the world might be modestly more …
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Corporate-Managed Trade Deals Screw the US
We need to come up with a trade policy that works for “We the People” instead of “they the corporations.”
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Silencing Critics of Israel
Israel doesn't accept criticism. In fact, whether from friend or foe, even mild criticism is viewed as an existential threat.
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“Making the Promises Real”: Labor and the Paris Climate Agreement
A labor climate program can draw together workers, unions and allies around protecting jobs by protecting the climate.
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From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Black Community Control Now
A United Nations Working Group preliminary report on human rights violations against Black Americans advocates Black community control of police.