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The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street protesters, along with union workers, stage a demonstration on the pedestrian walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Todd Heisler / …
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Rep. Barney Frank Won’t Seek Re-Election
Washington - Rep. Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts and a favorite GOP target for crafting legislation to reform Wall Street business practices, is expected to announce …
Washington State Set to Slash Education and Health Care for the Poor
A premeditated crime is about to take place on November 28, 2011. With police across the country obsessively focused on enforcing camping regulations on Occupy activists, dangerous …
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A Family’s Billions, Artfully Sheltered
As he stood in the opulent marble foyer of a Fifth Avenue mansion late last month, greeting the coterie of prominent guests arriving at his private art gallery, Ronald …
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Six Degrees of Connection
Six degrees of separation? Try 4.74. That’s the latest conclusion from scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan on the average number of acquaintances separating any …
Time to Retake Politics From the One Percent in Both Political Parties
The country is still celebrating the inability of the supercommittee to cut Social Security and Medicare, but it is important to move on from this victory to retake control …
Fukushima and Okinawa: The “Abandoned People” and Civic Empowerment
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami along the Pacific coastline of Northeastern Japan brought devastation reminiscent of the 1945 atomic and incendiary bombing that devastated whole towns, …
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DC as ATM: Newt, the Ultimate Beltway Swindler
You maybe should think twice when even Jack Abramoff thinks you’re beneath contempt. Not that Newt Gingrich cares. Abramoff, America’s favorite convicted influence peddler, told NBC’s David …
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Oregon Governor Rightly Suspends Death Penalty
In a September 7 debate among the GOP presidential hopefuls, Texas Governor Rick Perry seemed quite proud of leading the country in death row executions. He indicated that he …
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Questions to Ask the Candidates
Pity the pundits. It must be hard to pretend to be a journalist and live in constant fear of being one question or comment away from joining the jobless. …