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Donald Trump’s Gigantic Ego and Why It Could Destroy Us
Trump's own books reveal his nastiness and vindictiveness, his out-of-control sexism, and his self-importance.
Time to Treat Bank CEOs Like Adults
The country's major banks are like trouble-making adolescents.
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There Oughta Be a Law… Should Prison Really Be the US Way?
We are living in a country where the solution to just about any social problem is to create a law against it, and then punish those who break it.
How Much More Environmental Injustice Must Uniontown, Alabama, Bear?
I have observed with sadness the harmful effects, distress, and heartache Uniontown citizens have experienced since the establishment of Arrowhead Landfill.
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We Have All Won an Oligarchy and Lost a Democracy
The mainstream media is completely devoid of the kind of information a functional press is supposed to provide the citizens of a democratic republic.
George Santayana and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Writer and philosopher George Santayana said that those who don't remember history are the first to repeat it.
Populism Is the Solution to End Capitalist Destruction
A recycled political season that does not represent the interests of everyday people is one reason why populism is the answer.
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Eligible but Got Nothing: Hundreds of Thousands of People With Disabilities Blocked From College Aid
When offices set up to assist people with disabilities become obstacles.
Pressure Mounts Against Aging Enbridge Oil and Gas Pipeline Through Great Lakes
Public pressure mounts to decommission two underwater pipelines in an environmentally sensitive Great Lakes waterway.
Twelve Ways Gary Johnson Is a Hardcore Right-Winger
His rhetoric on marijuana and against war serve as a shield for a litany of radical-right positions.