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A Fast Track to Eroding Our Rights
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would have disastrous implications for US consumers.
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Minnesota Law Substitutes Military Test for Graduation Requirement
In Minnesota, radical changes to graduation testing requirements make it easier for high school students' personal information to be sent to military recruiters without parental consent.
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Calvin and Jobs: Why the Right Hates (but Still Needs) Social Welfare
Calvinism's embrace of wealth as a sign of divine election lives on in the red state/blue state religious and social welfare divides.
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Political Corruption and Capitalism
Corruption is endemic to the capitalist system and has not been successfully regulated away. Perhaps a system change is warranted, suggests Richard D Wolff.
The Shriveling State of the Union
To hear his fifth State of Union address, an uninformed listener might think America's problems are limited and manageable.
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Prosperity for Main Street, Not Wall Street
The key reason that communities are struggling is the huge burden of interest payments that are flowing to the big banks.
Open Letter to WV Inmates: Beware of Private Prisons Before Signing Away Your Rights
The prisoners themselves would play a critical role in making this scheme by having to sign away their right to be incarcerated and rehabilitated within the state of West …
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From Egypt to Afghanistan: Free Woman, Free World
You know that women are half of the human race, and they can change the future by raising a free new generation.
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Iraq: Revisiting the Pottery Barn Rule
In Iraq, the US broke a nation of human beings, and it owes them an apologyu2013and restitution.
Insult to Injury? American Indian Sports Mascots
From FedEx Field to High School Football teams, pressure is increasing on teams to stop using American Indian names and mascots.