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Twelve Tax-Dodging Corporations Spent $1 Billion to Influence Washington Over the Last Decade
As ThinkProgress has been reporting, while Main Street Americans are having their services gutted and public investment is being slashed, some of the country's most profitable corporations are getting …
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The Time Is Right to End “Zero Tolerance” in Schools
It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms will lead to lasting improvements in student achievement. But it is not too early to note …
All Wisconsin Votes Unverified
Protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, March 5, 2011. (Photo: ra_hurd) Whether they're accurate is another question entirely ... The sturm and drang over those votes - …
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The Planet Strikes Back
In his 2010 book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, environmental scholar and activist Bill McKibben writes of a planet so devastated by global warming that …
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My Experience Dealing With the Department of Defense Regarding Pfc. Bradley Manning Has Been Kafkaesque
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). (Photo: SEIU International) Since my initial request to visit Private First Class (Pfc.) Bradley Manning on February 4, 2011, the Department of Defense …
Spreading Models of Success: The Denver Doctrine
Gates Rubber Factory, Denver, Colorado. (Photo: zenobia_joy) At a time when working people are fighting defensive battles to preserve essential services at the state and national levels, …
Budget Deal Cuts ‘Less Than 1 Percent’ Of The $38.5 Billion Claimed
Republicans and President Obama have been hailing last week’s shutdown-averting government funding deal as the "largest spending cut in history," but as details about the package emerged, analysts realized …
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The Rich Are Getting Richer
Some people say it doesn't really matter how much companies pay their executives, at least as far as the shareholders are concerned. Whether investors prosper depends on the executives' …
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The False Debate on Debt
In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful, it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain …
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At Last: A President, Not a Ref
Washington - President Obama has finally decided to take his own side in the philosophical struggle that is the true engine of this nation's budget debate. After …