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Dulling Down Dr. King’s Message
In death, King became a national icon but with his sharpest criticisms dulled down or forgotten.
Aaron Swartz, Financial Fraud, and the Justice Department
The Justice Department apparently wanted to send a message with its decision to prosecute Swartz while ignoring the financial fraud that fueled the housing bubble. It certainly did.
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Tar Sands
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Incentives
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“A Mighty Stream”: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Faith Guided Him to a Commitment to Economic Justice
For King, his calling as a minister required a fundamental assessment of capital.
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Mainstream Media Taking Aim at the Elderly
The outcome of the “fiscal cliff” did not impress many in the corporate media.
Waking Up in Tehran
If we cannot learn from our own history or this kind of common sense, let us learn from Mossadegh. War is not a solution.
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President Obama’s Second Term: Symbolic or Ironic?
MLK's “dream” was never about electing an African-American president.
A Response to Time Magazine: Young People are Not Fragmenting the Pro-Choice Movement
If anything is strengthening the pro-choice and reproductive justice movements, it's the people, regardless of age, who are working outside the traditional power structures.
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US Health Worse Than Nearly All Other Industrialised Countries
U.S. citizens suffer from poorer health than nearly all other industrialised countries, according to the first comprehensive government analysis on the subject, released Wednesday.