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Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore”
Revoking the power to combine lovely rhetoric with pernicious militarism will be even more difficult.
Journalism by–and for–the Sponsors
Sponsored stories are becoming ever more common, and will soonbe commonplace in the corporate media world.
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Major Banks Aid Behind the Scenes in Payday Loans Banned by States
Lenders are setting up online operations to offer their short-term loans with interest rates sometimes exceeding 500 percent.
Amazon’s Thuggish Security Force in Germany Shows How Corporations Get Their Way
So, Virginia, businesses can get too powerful and inflict violence to get its way. But youu2019ll never hear that from libertarians.
Food and Land at the Service of People: an Interview With Peter Rosset
Via Campesina and allied social movements have all gathered together under the banner of food sovereignty.
The Financial Instrument That Could Save the Economy – and Why It Hasn’t
QE doesn't put more money in circulation; it cleans up the banks' toxic balance sheets.
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California Teachers Divest Pension Fund From Assault Weapons
After Sandy Hook, a bold collective move to take the union's money out of guns.
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Christopher Dorner and the Exterminating Angels
If Christopher Dorner had been standing on a skyscraper ledge or holding Rupert Murdoch hostage, the world might have paid more attention to the injustices that he chronicles.
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In Conservatives’ Canada, It’s Not Easy Being Green
Canadau2019s police and security agencies think citizens concerned about the environment are threats to national security, and some are under surveillance, documents reveal.
Putting the “Eco” Back Into Economics With David Suzuki
Author and activist David Suzuki says we need to stop fighting, and use the laws of nature as a starting point for moving forward.