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The Importance of Admitting Error
You will be wrong sometimes, and need to do your best to figure out why. What you should never ever do, of course, is make excuses, or pretend that …
Economic Update: It’s the System
Updates on vaccine price gouging; Canadian corporate misdeeds; Massachusetts nurses fighting inequality; Denmark's greater equality; and Argentina as a hedge fund hostage.
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Lyndon Johnson on Civil Rights – Where Are We Now?
Despite all the progress made in the past fifty years since the Civil Rights Act, we still have a very long way to go.
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Cheney’s Campaign for Iraq War 3: Shaping the Narrative
With his latest media blitz, Dick Cheney hopes to preserve and solidify the “war on terror” as the dominant narrative presented to Americans as an explanation of US foreign …
Child Migrants and Media Half-Truths
Mainstream press stories are telling half-truths about child victims, while muddling or downright manipulating the question of who and what is responsible.
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Sixty Five Million Left Out of July 4 Celebration
While some of these sixty five million people may eat hot dogs and watch fireworks, they are left out of the July 4 promise of life, liberty and the …
Israeli Government and Press Knew Teenagers Were Dead for Weeks
The bodies of three Israeli teenagers who disappeared more than two weeks ago were found in the occupied Palestinian West Bank.
The Forces Behind SCOTUS Anti-Union Ruling
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court decided that unions could only require dues from fully fledged state employees.
“It’s a Basic Healthcare Issue”: Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards Reacts to Birth Control Ruling
In a closely watched case, the US Supreme Court has ruled most private companies that claim religious objections can refuse to provide birth control in their employee health plans.
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Slow Rites, Fast Wrongs
A funeral in Prato Italy for Chinese immigrant workers over 200 days after their deaths in factory fire illustrates how the quest for high profits and low-cost goods drives …