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Foodopoly: Big Agribusiness and the Monopoly on the Food Industry
From farm to fork, few things matter more than the food we eat.
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Lying to Survive at the Air Force Academy: An Open Letter to Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson
“We, of Spartacus, live a total lie every single day and night to survive here.”
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The Dangers of Stereotyping
Ignorance in the form of stereotyping people from other parts of the world can have unpredictable consequences, sometimes leading to mass suffering that a more enlightened view might have …
No Fast Track to TPP: Fix NAFTA First
It is not only the wrong time to bring fast track up for a vote in Congress, it is time to scrap the TPP agreement. Instead we need to …
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Ten Reasons to Call for More Than $10.10 as a Minimum Wage
President Obama signed an executive order on Wednesday raising the minimum wage for some federally contracted workers to $10.10.
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Kansas Takes the Sanctity of Marriage a Little Too Far
The decision to end a marriage is likely not an easy decision to make. We shouldn't make it needlessly harder.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Democrats Are Done Waiting on Republicans, and More
Members of both the House and Senate said they're going to use a rarely-seen tactic to bring forward legislation.
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On Fred Korematsu Day: From Evacuation to Deportation on the Anniversary of Japanese-American Internment
What have we learned since the internment of Japanese-Americans in desert concentration camps and converted race tracks?
Building the Morale of Missileers
We wonder how the conversation went when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called six Air Force nuclear launch officers at underground launch control centers recently. u2026
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Bob Dylan and the Ethics of Market Fascism
Bob Dylan's SuperBowl commercial for Chrysler opens, ‘Is there anything more American than America?’ Answer: Maybe this commercial - and not necessarily in a good way.