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The Irish Are Fighting Back
The grassroots campaign against water charges in Ireland is politicizing people discouraged by politics as usual and turning into full-scale resistance to austerity.
William Rivers Pitt | How to Run for President for Fun and Profit: 2016 Edition
Republican presidential contenders are the 21st century version of the carnival barkers and tent revivalists.
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Don’t Call It a Curfew: Martial Law in the United States
Being Black in Baltimore in recent days meant being imprisoned in your home, another example of communities of color being subject to an unequal criminal legal system.
Fast-Track TPP: The Death of National Sovereignty, State Sovereignty, Separation of Powers and Democracy
This so-called trade agreement, if passed and implemented would create profound governance changes in the US without benefit of the constitutional amendments.
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Europe’s Border Policy Is Designed to Push Refugees Into the Sea
As the Mediterranean Sea becomes a graveyard for refugees, itu2019s more apparent than ever that Europe has learned all the wrong lessons from one of the darkest chapters in …
Maiming the IRS: What Are Those Wily Republicans Up to Now?
This whole IRS debacle has the stink of a set-up. While the IRS seems like the victim, the GOP's long game condemns us all.
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Fifty-Seven Percent of Republicans Want to Undo the American Revolution
The US was founded as, and thus hopefully always will be, a secular nation.
William Rivers Pitt | Trading Paradise for a Pipeline
William Rivers Pitt gives a personal account of how a proposed pipeline would affect his New Hampshire community.
Who Counts? Body Counts, Drones and “Collateral Damage“
In the twenty-first-century world of drone warfare, one question with two aspects reigns supreme: Who counts?
Celebrating the Flash Crash With a Wall Street Sales Tax
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the flash crash. There was no event in the world that triggered the plunge.