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Secret Email System Revealed in “John Doe” Probe of Walker Staff
The morning after his “State of the State” address where Governor Scott Walker reassured Wisconsin “We are turning things around. We are heading in the right direction,” the Milwaukee …
How to Reverse the Corporate Coup d’Etat (Video)
Protesters against Citizens United demonstrate outside the Sacramento Capitol, California, January 21, 2012. (Photo: Public Citizen) A Conversation With Chris Hedges and Lawrence Lessig …
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The Party People of Wall Street
(Photo: hakee) A week or so ago, we read in The New York Times about what in the Gilded Age of the Roman Empire was known as …
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US Drones Patrolling Its Skies Provoke Outrage in Iraq
Baghdad - A month after the last American troops left Iraq, the State Department is operating a small fleet of surveillance drones here to help protect the United States …
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What Happened to Canada?
Police confront protesters outside 2010's G-20 meeting in Toronto, Canada, June 25, 2010. (Photo: G20 Protest Photos) What happened to Canada? It used to be the country …
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We Have Every Right to Be Furious About ACTA
If there’s one thing that encapsulates what’s wrong with the way government functions today, ACTA is it. You wouldn’t know it from the name, but the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is a plurilateral …
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After Journalist Arrests, US Plummets in Global Press Freedom Rankings
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama called for a “renewal of American values.” However, over the course of his wide-ranging speech, he made no mention …
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US Probe of Border Attack Hardened Pakistani Suspicions
Washington, DC - The Pakistani military leadership's response to the U.S. report on its helicopter attack on two Pakistani border posts Nov. 26 assailed the credibility of the investigation …
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Teachers Inject Their Own Message Into Union-Busters’ Twitter Campaign
In the last year, the national education debate has been occupied by economists, billionaires, hedge-fund managers, corporate columnists and party-politicians –indeed, it seems like the further a person is …
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What Is Private Equity?
Recently, a lot of the political debate has been about whether private equity—and by extension Mitt Romney—is good or bad. The argument on one side is that private equity …