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William Rivers Pitt | Who Needs Republicans?
The Democrats appear determined to deliver the GOP a gift basket filled with everything on their wish list.
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Conservatives Lie About Net Neutrality for Big Bucks
When it comes to net neutrality, conservatives are absolutely clueless.
If Shareholders Stopped Letting CEOs Rip Them Off It Would Reduce Inequality
Since CEOs are among the very top earners in the US economy, reductions in their pay will have a substantial impact on wage inequality.
There Was No Election
Virtually no one voted. Only 21 percent of eligible voters voted in California. Only 33 percent of the eligible voters participated in elections across the country.
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The Working Families Party Must Go
It is time to admit that leftists have no influence in the Democratic Party.
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The Temptation to Spend
Central banks that have pursued quantitative easing have done so despite political pressure, not because of it, and fiscal austerity has been imposed almost everywhere.
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How Did We Get Here?
Democrats are paying heavily for their political failures - and for ditching the working stiff.
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The Other Midterm Elections Result: Americans Want Legal Weed
The majority of Americans believe the ongoing enforcement of marijuana prohibition financially burdens taxpayers, encroaches upon civil liberties and disproportionately impacts communities of color.
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Deep Passion for the Land – in China
Ecological science confirms the science and wisdom of peasant farming.
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Is George W. Bush Responsible for the Death of Tomas Young?
Tomas Young's activism was moving and inspiring, the kind every American who calls themselves a patriot should aspire to.