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Occupy Lawyer: Pepper Spray Report Confirms Police Engaged in “Brutality“
“The report simply confirms what we all knew already…the police actions were brutal and unnecessary,” said Occupy Sacramento lawyer Jeff Kravitz. “As the big banks and the gangster government …
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Top Ten Dirty Corporate Tax Dodgers of 2011
Two weeks ago it was announced that the U.S. has the highest corporate tax rate in the world sparking furious debate from Fox News types concerned about corporate well …
Military Judge Hears Arguments Over Constitutionality of Charges Against USS Cole Bomber
In the military commission hearing of Abd al-Rahim Hussayn Muhammad al-Nashiri, there waits a potential death sentence. Al-Nashiri is the alleged al-Qaeda operative said to be responsible for the …
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Vermont Senate Resolves to Abolish “Corporate Personhood”
Montpelier - The Vermont State Senate voted today calling for an amendment to the Constitution that would make clear that corporations are not people and money is not speech and …
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The US Can Learn from Canada’s 1990s Slump
So, is there still a lot of slack in the United States' labor markets? On the face of it, that seems an absurd question to ask, given the persistence …
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You’re on Your Own, Kids
Who will speak for the rights of the unborn now that Rick Santorum is gone from the race? Let me give it a whirl from the perspective of one …
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GOP Presidential Contenders’ Goofy Greed
Even though some are out and some are in, the politicians that are/were in the GOP presidential race still are spreading their goofiness around for all the country to …
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Patients Rarely Considered in Press Coverage of Medicare
For the elderly and disabled, catching up on the daily news during the latest Beltway brinkmanship—the deal to extend payroll tax cuts, unemployment benefits and current Medicare doctor fees—could …
Bill Ayers on the Coming Revolution
I'd interviewed Bill Ayers many times over several years, mostly about public education policy and school and classroom reform. As the Arab Spring uprisings were gaining momentum, I was …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A New Study Suggests That the Food We Eat Might Be Responsible for Increase in Autism, and More
In today's On the News segment: A new study suggests that the food we eat might be responsible for increase in autism, George Zimmerman pled “not guilty” to charges …