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Demands Rise on Congress to Guarantee Immigrant Rights
Across California on April 10, activists demonstrated for immigration reform and articulated a sharply different version from any currently obtaining in the US Congress of what that reform entails.
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San Onofre to Boxer, Markey & the public: “Drop Dead”
The bitter battle over two stricken southern California reactors has taken a shocking seismic hit. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ignored critical questions from two powerful members of Congress …
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Opposition Grows Fierce to Austerity Cuts in Portland
Like many US cities since the onset of the recession, Portland has faced years of budget cuts costing jobs.
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Climbing Heartbreak Hill
William Rivers Pitt: This is Boston. Like our brothers and sisters in this grim fellowship, we are made of sterner stuff.
Dave Zirin Writes from the Busy Intersection of Sports and Politics
In this wide-ranging interview, Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and author of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down discusses violence, mental health, …
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Corporate Governance and CEO Pay: The Cesspool at the Top
Dean Baker: The high pay for those at the top does not come out of the air; it comes from everyone else's paycheck.
The Propaganda System That Has Helped Create a Permanent Overclass Is Over a Century in the Making
Pulling back the curtain on how intent the wealthiest Americans have been on establishing a propaganda tool to subvert democracy.
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We Are All Ideological Now (and Always Have Been)
Media expert Robert Jensen: None of us can entirely escape ideology, so it's up to us to acknowledge and challenge our own ideological biases.
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Remaking the Federal Reserve, Building Public Banks and Opting Out of Wall Street
Can the Federal Reserve be remade into a transparent, democratic institution?