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Cashing in on the ISIS Crisis
No matter how pointless these wars prove, America's military-industrial complex makes a killing.
Something Big Is Changing in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom – Women Are Done With Being Shamed
Judge less. Listen more. Tell your story even if your voice shakes. - Can a new approach help us past the abortion impasse?
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Don’t Raise Taxes Just Yet, Japan
Right now Japan is struggling to escape from a deflationary trap.
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G20 and Beyond: The Future Is Watching You
The G20 summit meeting has two levels: the overt grandstanding that politicians love, and a far more sinister agenda.
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The 2014 Midterm Elections, Incorporated
In Washington, it doesn't matter if you are a Republican, Democrat or independent: Money reigns supreme.
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Community Corrections: Profiteering, Corruption and Widening the Net
How is it that so-called reform measures, marketed as reducing prison populations, will ultimately widen the net?
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Black Community Crisis: Police Violence in Brazil
For a group of black mothers in Brazil, this year's Black Consciousness Day action will focus on the crisis of lethal racial profiling by police.
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We Need to Act Now to Save the Post Office
One of those less-well-known but incredibly important priorities for Congress is saving the US Post Service.
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Gettysburg Address: Government at the Expense of Some People
The sanctification of ground at Gettysburg, where 50,000 men were ruthlessly killed by a war machine, was a farce.
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Plutocrats’ Pay Off: Why Keystone Tops Agenda of New “Koch Congress”
Even if you are aware of the Koch brothers, here are a few facts rarely connected for Americans that drive today's big debates, the dimensions of which are different …