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Op-Ed
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Dean Baker | The Battle Over the Trans-Pacific Partnership and “Fast Track” Gets Hot
The president will have to play fast and loose with the truth to get the TPP through Congress.
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Wolf in Sheep’s Skin? On the Use and Abuse of Volunteerism, AKA Unpaid Labor
It is time to question this trend and what it means for the rising percentage of unemployed people who are pushed into working for free.
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The Divestment Dividend
Investors who refuse to put their money into oil, gas, and coal may reap financial gains for doing the right thing.
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Forty Years Later, Will the End Games in Iraq and Afghanistan Follow the Vietnam Playbook?
Toss out the historical background and you can recast any U.S. mission as a flawed but honorable, if not noble, effort by good-guy rescuers to save innocents from the …
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the Republic
Negotiating the TPP in secret and fast-tracking it through Congress is considered necessary to secure its passage, since if the public had time to review its onerous provisions, opposition …
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Arab-American and Muslim-American Opposition Could Stop “Fast-Track” Trade Bill
It's easy to be perceived as powerful if serious opponents don't show up to fight you.
“Fast Track” Flouts the Constitution
Sen. Elizabeth Warren isn't backing down in her fight with the president over the TPP.
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Confronting Brunch
Black Lives Matter and brunch collide in an analysis of the social and political meanings of the meal.
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To Defend the Environment, Support Social Movements Like Berta Caceres and COPINH
The 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize has been awarded to Berta Caceres.
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Memories of Galeano’s Fire: My Afternoon With the Late Uruguayan Writer
My heart has been heavy since learning of the death of Eduardo Galeano.