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EM’s School Closing Game: Tragedy for Students, Community
The School board is in the dark; parents are angry, the community is under threat and students, many of them special needs, face loss. This is the newest round …
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Logic Deficit: Why Were Reinhart-Rogoff Ever Taken Seriously?
It's not just the arithmetic on debt-to-GDP ratios that tripped up RR; it was the basic logic of their argument.
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The Life and Death of Words, People, and Even Nature: From Walking Libraries and a God Named “Word” to What Sherlock Holmes Never Said
An excerpt from, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History by Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin Americau2019s most distinguished writers.
The US’s Narrow-Minded Anti-Terrorism Strategy: Blowback and the Cycle of Violence
As America's foreign policy continues to disenfranchise countries across the world, American suffer with the political
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Six Months After Sandy, A Financial Disaster For Homeowners
Problems with insurance claims and loans have turned superstorm Sandy from a natural disaster to a financial one.
How a Shadow Drug Industry Tries to Avoid Regulation
Big pharma attempts to avoid regulations in order to cover their tracks.
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Art Pope Groups Push Extreme ALEC Tax Agenda in North Carolina
New ALEC backed legislations would radically alter how corporations and people pay taxes in the state.
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First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: This Utah Woman Filmed a Slaughterhouse from the Public Street
The first law suit under the new ALEC backed Ag-Gag bill is underway in Utah, targeting a woman who filmed abuses at a near by slaughterhouse.
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Fannie Mae Evicts Family in Foreclosure, Then Installs Armed Guards
Fannie Mae is spending $15,000 a month to guard a home rather than working to negotiate with the family.
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Bail Out Is Out, Bail-In Is In: Time for Some Publicly-Owned Banks
The new rules for too-big-to-fail banks: use creditor funds, including uninsured deposits, to recapitalize.