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Rush is Right
Rush is right. Young, single educated women are trying to take away his freedom. People like Sandra Fluke, who rationally explained the personal economics of obtaining a drug that …
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Where’s the Outrage?
Washington - How's this for political cowardice? Right-wing bloviator Rush Limbaugh launches a vile attack, full of sexual insults and smarmy innuendo, against a young woman whose only offense …
Fracking and Psychological Operations: Empire Comes Home
When among friends, you're far more likely to air your dirty secrets. A corporate conference held in Houston, Texas, on October 31 to November 1, 2011, titled "Giving Communications …
A Visual History of Occupy Oakland (Five-Part Series)
From the tents and the tear gas to the foreclosure defense and port shutdowns, this five-part series explores a visual history of Oakland's occupation, consistently called the "most militant" …
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In Troubled Europe, Agonizing Options
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Daniel Davies, an analyst and member of the “Crooked Timber” blogging group, had a very good post published …
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Despite Risks, Undocumented Immigrants Stage “Coming Out of the Shadows” Week
(Photo: Ted Hesson / Flickr) Despite a year of record deportations and little movement on a progressive immigration policy, undocumented people are coming out and publicly declaring …
Reclaiming the Commons
Founded by squatters more than 150 years ago, full of foreclosed buildings, and shrinking by thousands per year, Oakland in many ways presents as a tremendously attractive target for …
Banks and Congress Grapple With Stubborn, Stupid Facts
Facts are stubborn things, said founding father John Adams, a basic truth Ronald Reagan famously mangled at the Republican National Convention in 1988, when he tried to quote Adams …
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The Privatization of Everything
No society can aspire to democracy unless it maintains an unbreakable connection between its politics and its police powers. Once the populace has no political access to policy …