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Brazil Needs New Economic Program to Jump-Start Growth and Employment
Austerity is not working in Brazil any more than it has been working in Europe.
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The Slow-Motion Crisis in the Urban US
Millions of residents in poor city neighborhoods live in environments that assault their health on a daily basis.
Dean Baker | Will President Obama Stand Up to the Drug Thugs?
It takes a lot of courage to defy the folks who make tens of billions a year selling drugs.
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How to Censor Yourself Before the Government Even Has a Chance
When so many of us become frightened enough of our own government to do its censoring for it, I'd say that we've all lost.
The Republican Insurgency Against the Judicial Branch
Our country is in the midst of a full-blown “politically-motivated” judicial crisis.
Are We Winning the Drone War?
This formulation implicitly restricts its concern for “winners” to the US But other lives, combatant and noncombatant, also matter.
New Report Shows How Women of Color Bear the Costs of Mass Incarceration
There are a number of ways to put a price tag on the United States' mass incarceration system.
Two Indigenous Solar Engineers Changed Their Village in Chile
Two Chilean solar engineers have changes the lives of the people in their village.
Chicago’s Taxpayer-Funded Ode to Robber Barons
The Chicago Park Service is sponsoring a national monument on the site of an autocratic old company town.
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Growing the New in the Cracks of the Old in Detroit
The amazing story of Detroit's rebirth through urban agriculture.