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Non-Electoral Politics
Lately, the phrase "public servants" has struck me as ironic, not because government officials fail to serve the public, but because much of the public serves them. The …
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Koch Subsidiary Told Regulators It Has ‘Direct and Substantial Interest’ in Keystone XL
In recent months Koch Industries Inc., the business conglomerate run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, has repeatedly told a U.S. Congressional committee and the news media that …
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Report: New Restrictive Voting Rules Could Hurt Five Million Americans
A new study from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU puts forth an ominous prediction: five million voters could be affected by the deluge of restrictive voting laws …
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Watch Your Health and Your Pocketbook: A Bi-Partisan Scheme for Regulatory Deform
(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: BOSSoNe0013, SqueakyMarmot) Right wing politicians in the U.S. have gotten very good at channeling George Orwell: As the world economy teeters on …
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David Korten: Why I’m in Solidarity With #OccupyWallStreet
At this moment the brave and dedicated #OccupyWallStreet protesters are in the streets of New York and cities around the world. They call the world’s attention to Wall Street …
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Wisconsin and Ohio: Resistance Rising
On Sunday, February 13, 2011, a few hundred union members gathered at the state capitol building in Madison, WI to confront Gov. Scott Walker over a bill designed to …
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Kenya: Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls Also Vulnerable to Organ Trafficking
Nairobi - With the highest rate of human trafficking in East and Central Africa, several nongovernmental organizations in Kenya are now under investigation by INTERPOL , the world’s largest …
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Malawi’s Solar Micro-Finance Initiative Builds Business for Women Entrepreneurs
Kasungu, Malawi - In the small landlocked southeastern African nation of Malawi only 8% of its growing 15.263 million people are connected to the national power grid, a source …
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Flat-Lining the Middle Class: Economic Numbers to Die For
In some ways, Zuccotti Park, the campsite, the Ground Zero, for the Occupy Wall Street protests couldn’t be more modest. It’s no Tahrir Square, but a postage-stamp-sized plaza …
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The Military’s Role in US Foreign Policy and Torture: Why Is School of the Americas Absent From the National Dialogue?
Protesters demonstrating against the School of the Americas, November 2006. (Photo: crazbabe21) On April 8, 1993, a Newsweek investigation about the Fort Benning, Georgia-based US Army School …