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The Stiglitz Code: How Taxing Capital Can Counter Inequality
The American economy is at a crossroads. One of the questions that will determine which path we take is whether and how the government can use taxes to meet …
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Premature US Victory-Dancing on Ukraine
Washington's role in the coup in Kiev on Feb. 22 has brought the US a Pyrrhic victory, with the West claiming control of Ukraine albeit with a shaky grip …
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Samsung’s Broken Apology App
Once in a while, corporate chieftains actually step forward to apologize for the abuse they inflict on workers, consumers, communities, and the environment.
The Garfield High School Assessment Committee VS the Testocracy: We Know How to Run the Schools Better Than Billionaires
A teacher pushes against standradized testing.
Jackson Rising: People Power and the New Cooperative Movement
A conference in Jackson drew about 500 participants, with the goal “to educate and mobilize the people of Jackson to meet the economic and sustainability needs of their community.”
Stealing Our Sympathy
There is a growing sense among the public that life on our planet is being threatened by our careless misuse of its resources.
Economic Update: Myths of Capitalist Efficiency
Updates on Maya Angelou; Chilean students' victory; Detroit's plan to demolish 40,000 houses; and housing market realities.
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Global Climate Change and Nuclear Abolition: One Urgent Issue
The Marshall Islands are filing lawsuits against the nine nuclear powers to get them to step up to their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to negotiate total nuclear …
Is Elliot Rodger Our 21st Century Version of Holden Caulfield?
Of course, our modern day version has to include a gun. Holden with a gun where instead of holing up in a hotel room with a prostitute, he holes …
#YesAllWomen: Rebecca Solnit on the Santa Barbara Massacre and Viral Response to Misogynist Violence
Santa Barbara is grieving after a 22-year-old man killed six college students just after posting a misogynistic video online vowing to take his revenge on women for sexually rejecting …