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Black Thursday: Thanksgiving in the Consumer Wasteland
Dollars to doughnuts, the CEOs who are demanding their employees sacrifice their Thanksgiving celebrations with family are big “family values” guys.
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Five Ways to Support Striking Walmart Workers
Walmart strikes are occurring around the country, but you need not be one of the company's under-compensated employees to participate.
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The 1961 JFK Speech That Kicked the American Dream Into High Gear
Our American dream of shopping for useless toxic stuff, an environmental nightmare, went into high gear after JFK was killed in 1963.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Methane Emissions Are Higher Than Previously Thought, and More
Methane emissions in the South Central US are nearly five times higher than previously though, and more.
Burlington College Students Voluntarily Dissolve Student Government. Form Student Union in Wake of Unfair Firings and Poverty Wages for Professors
The Burlington College Community was notified of a series of restructuring decisions on the part of the current administration including the gutting of many of the art programs. A …
Reverend Billy Faces Year in Prison for Protesting J.P. Morgan Chase’s Financing of Fossil Fuels
For more than a decade, Reverend Billy, along with his Church of Stop Shopping, has preached fiery sermons against recreational consumerism - and more recently, against climate disaster.
As Walmart Workers Plan Record Black Friday Protests, Study Says Retail Giant Can Afford Higher Pay
As Black Friday approaches, Walmart workers and activists are planning another round of protests and strikes at the nation's largest employer on the biggest shopping day of the year.
Investigating the Saudi GovernmentÂ’’s 9/11 Connection and the Path to Disilliusionment
On RAI with Paul Jay, Sen. Bob Graham explains why he persists in making the case that facts directly connect the Saudi government with 9/11 conspirators.
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Obama’s Apology Might be the Greatest Legacy
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an apology is worth a thousand interpretations, at least in the United States. Such was the case when President Barack …
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Fear In A Handful Of Dust: The Sacred Vehemence Of Imagination In A Soulless Age
From the picture window of our family's eighth floor apartment at the intersection of 23rd Street and Avenue C, we have a view of the inhuman currents of the …