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We Need to Put a Price on Carbon
The fossil fuel industry is the only industry that doesn't have to pay to clean up its own waste.
With Boehner Gone, Nothing Stands Between Wall Street and the Tea Party Disaster It Created
As a friend of big business and guard against the Tea Party fringe, House Speaker John Boehner will be missed by Wall Street.
The Threat of Extreme Inequality
The people who brought you the financial crisis are trying to buy the chance to do it all over again.
American Cancer Society, Stop Giving Carcinogenic Cosmetics to Women With Cancer
At a beauty workshop for women living with cancer, I was given free cosmetics - which contained chemicals linked to cancer.
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The Night the Candidates Were Speechless
Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate brings to mind one of the most memorable TV snafus in history.
The Demobilization of the US People and the Spectacle of Election 2016
By late September 2001, the demobilization of the US people became a crucial aspect of Washington's way of life.
Black Girls and the Police State Menace
Black children have never been children in the eyes of the police state and its proxy, American public education.
Why Slower Money Is the Key to a Real Economic Recovery
New organizations are financing businesses in a way that creates real wealth. Here's how they can challenge Wall Street.
Hillary Clinton Hasn’t Learned a Thing From Iraq
Clinton could shatter the glass ceiling for women, but she'd leave the old boys' military industrial complex intact.
William Rivers Pitt | The GOP Debates and the Ghost of Tom Joad
Both debates were a showcase for hatred of the federal government.