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Dead Fish, Banksters and the Sherman Act … Oh My!
The assault on small business has been underway ever since Reagan essentially stopped enforcing the Sherman Act.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Swiss Voters Approve Measure to Check CEO Pay, and More
Obama pardons 17 common criminals but White House won't comment on why he won't pardon a political prisoner, and more.
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Missing the Mark With Rosa Parks and Black History Month
If history is messy and you nonviolently change and revolutionize society with the movement you have, then things look ever so bleak in the United States. One reason for …
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On Great Photographs and Their Impact
Some images move us, or at least should move us, to sudden insight into the consequences of our actions. Images of innocent victims of violence, particularly children, should have …
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Journey for Justice Testimonies: Kansas City and Chicago
I am a parent of a third grader and volunteer parent organizer for Kansas City Public Schools, an unaccredited school district. As an organizer, I serve on the District …
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Drone Strike Justice
The individual focus of President Obama's assassination drone strikes suggests that the United States has an alternative criminal justice procedure for al-Qaida terrorists. Unlike one-on-one assassination, drone strikes eliminate …
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Once Upon a Foggy Bottom
My seven years as a junior Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State left me with a profound admiration for the ability of the Department to ignore reality …
Sequestration: Fourth Austerity Shoe Drops
Economist Bill Black: Both parties have conspired to bring us a disaster; Obama's sequestration plan gives cuts without blame.
How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System
New immigration reform could affect the pockets of private prisons who have made a living from imprisoning illegal immigrants.
“Racial Entitlements?” Long-Term Effort to End Voting Rights Act and Affirmative Action May Finally Pay Off
A new “color-blind” ideology threatens to undo the work of the Civil Rights Movement by revoking the Voting Rights Act.