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Pete Seeger: “You Stick Together ‘Til It’s Won”
Pete Seeger has considered what it means to sing out in a world where the din of injustice is deafening.
Economic Update: Inconvenient Economic Truths
Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits.
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Bayou Frack-Out: The Massive Oil and Gas Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
Amid shaking earth, collapsing ground and toxic air and water, residents wonder if they can ever go home.
To Push for Meaningful Defense Cuts, We Need Unusual Partnerships
Imagine what a maverick GOP senator could accomplish if he joined forces with a muckraking journalist to get the facts on the bloated DoD budget.
The Regional Restructuring of the American Continent
Americans committed to a renewal of democracy are likely to discover this can only be meaningfully achieved in units of scale smaller than a continent.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Los Angeles Port Workers Declare Victory After an Eight-Day Strike, and More
In today's On the News segment: Los Angeles Port Workers are declaring victory after their eight-day long strike ended last night; a group of Republican Senators blocked ratification of a …
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The Battle for Democracy Is Year-Round
A federal right to vote will effectively neuter politically-motivated state lawmakers and election officials who care less about a robust democracy and more about rigging elections.
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CNN Heroes and Hero-ization
It's that time of year again and CNN's annual Heroes show is coming up. Any reasonably compassionate viewer is likely to be thrilled by the accounts of noble souls …
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“Fiscal Cliff” Solved. You’re Welcome
Dear President Obama, Congratulations on your electoral victory. In defeating the grandfatherly Ken doll with the heart of a blood sucking vampire squid and his religiously radical running mate …
The Case and the Movement Against Armed Drones
Unmanned killer robot planes have convinced certain people that there is a better way of waging war. But these drones have now made the United States as unpopular in …