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Why Is Obama Taking Orders From A Secretive Billionaire?
Our national wealth, our national retirement and social safety net programs, should not be handed off to Wall Street.
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Lobbyists Targeting Liberal Groups Channeled Chinese Hackers’ Strategy
Lee Fang: Recent revelations that the Chinese military is engaging in internet spying and sabotage sound similar to a plot developed on behalf of the US Chamber of Commerce …
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Three Things To Know About Obama’s Pick for EPA Chief
Wondering about McCarthyu2019s pedigree and why enviros are so excited to see her head up the EPA?
Zack Kopplin on Keeping Creationism Out of Public Classrooms
From the time he was a high school senior in his home state of Louisiana, anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin has been speaking, debating, cornering politicians and winning the active …
“After Aaron”: Late Activist’s Campaign for Open Internet Continues at Freedom to Connect Conference
Democracy Now is broadcasting live from the Freedom to Connect conference, a national gathering to promote Internet freedom and universal connectivity.
Supreme Court Could Bring Back Jim Crow Voting Laws
Greg Palast: Congress should extend Voting Rights Act to all states before Supreme Court overturns it.
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The Awkward Threesome (Geek, Nerd, and Dork)
My primary identity is nerd, but my moon is in geek and I have a dork ascendant. These days, everyone wants to be a geek. They want the pseudo-geek …
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Bloomberg’s Calculates Annual US Subsidy to Megabanks at $83 Billion
The first-ever analysis of the taxpayer-subsidy to the Wall Street mega-banks finds that this subsidy accounts for virtually all their profits. Applying figures from a path-breaking study by two …
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America’s Culture is Signing on the Dotted Line
The signing season has begun. Look through your local newspaper for the next few weeks, and you'll see a lot of posed pictures of high school athletes. Everyone will …
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What If Only “Outlaws” Had Guns? Look at These Statistics
The gun lobby likes to say “outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns.” The fear mongering drives gun sales which is the NRA's purpose. (Why else would Wayne …