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US Veteran, Scott Olsen Brings Antiwar Message to NATO Summit
We're joined at the NATO summit in Chicago by Scott Olsen, who survived two tours in Iraq but almost died when he was hit with a police projectile at …
Boeing HQ Shut Down by Anti-NATO Summit Protesters to Cap Week of Action
Protesters staged a “die-in” outside of the defense contractor's office.
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The Jamaicanization of the Euro Zone
Jamaica, an English-speaking Caribbean island nation of 2.9 million people, may seem worlds away from Europe. The country's income per person of $9,000 ranks it 88th in the world, …
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Gas Industry Aims to Block Zero-Carbon Building Goal
The natural gas industry is working behind the scenes in Washington to block a green building rule that was expected to be a national model.
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Corporate Lobbying Group Asks Supreme Court Not to Use “Empirical Evidence” When Reconsidering Citizens United
Late last year, the Montana high court, citing the state’s long history of corporate money corrupting politics, defied the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and continued enforcing the state’s 100-year …
UN Chief Says Iran Deal Near on Inspecting Key Atomic Site
The flurry of diplomacy reinforced a shift of focus to talks from the possibility of military action by Israel.
Contemplating the Abyss
On May 1, after a day of May Day activities on the streets and avenues of Manhattan, my wife and I and a troop of other OWS celebrants marched …
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The Oracle Says “We Told You So“
Spring 1973, Atlanta. My lover was a professor of psychology, a man more familiar with suburban angst and tenure and fretting about interest rates rather than whether the month is …
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Recovery Begins When Addiction Ends: An Open Letter to Jamie Dimon
Dear Jamie Dimon: We, the Alternative Banking Working Group of Occupy Wall Street, are staging an intervention on your behalf. Unlike many in the financial industry and press, we …
Wisconsin Recall Roundup – May 22, 2012
Members of Congress Raise Questions about Walker's 2011 Testimony Three Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he obtain clarification from Wisconsin …