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Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You – He Already Has You
Nowadays, in Fortress America, every one of us is, in some sense, government issue in a surveillance state gone mad.
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A Field Day for Fracking
A transatlantic trade deal would eliminate restrictions on US exports of fracked gas to the EU.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Mounting Contradictions
Updates on: The Rhode Island Senate rewarding firms limiting inequality; recession-driven increases in suicide rates; opposition to the Dodd-Frank Act; and more.
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A Tale of Two Vergaras: Of Stardom and the End of Teacher Tenure
In much the same way that vouchers and charters have been sold via civil rights language, so too was Vergara v. California argued in court and marketed to the …
Eric Cantor Suffers Historic GOP Primary Loss in Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Corporate Backlash
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has lost Virginia's Republican primary in one of the most stunning upsets in congressional history.
Playing Pieces in Political Football: Bergdahl and Guantanamo Prisoners
The swap of 5 of the
Thomas Piketty and Elizabeth Warren Discuss Why the Rich Get Richer and the Rest Get Shafted
Elizabeth Warren and Thomas Piketty discuss why it is that the rich are getting richer, and everybody else is getting poorer, and most importantly, what we can do to …
There Can be No Winners in a Nuclear War
A nuclear war fought with the US and/or Russian strategic nuclear arsenal means the end of human history.
Torture in American Prisons – Class Action Law Suit Approved
There has been a lot of press about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his torture and captivity in Afghanistan. There's very little talk about torture that goes on within the …
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Will the First Hotel Housekeeper on a City Council Shame Rhode Island Democrats Into Allowing a Just Wage?
The first housekeeper elected to the city council in Providence, Rhode Island may be the voice needed to push local officials to raise the minimum wage of hotel workers.