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Inequality Is Rising, but the Swedes Are No Americans
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, the authors of the book “Why Nations Fail,” recently reacted on their blog to the …
The Dangerous Road of Wishful Thinking
Bill Moyers counsels President Obama not to look at America through the rose-colored glasses of people — like Robert Kagan — led by political opportunity and wishful thinking, but …
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Matt Taibbi: Bank of America Is a “Raging Hurricane of Theft and Fraud”
There are two things every American needs to know about Bank of America. The first is that it's corrupt. This bank has systematically defrauded almost everyone with whom it …
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Fired for a Short Skirt? The Realities of Anti-Worker Laws in Wisconsin and Ohio
Last year's labor protests across the Midwest rattled the country. They shook Republican politicians who thought they'd have an easy time erasing union workers' rights. They spurred thousands of …
“You Can’t Take Away My Hope”: Thirty Years of Climate Scientists Helplessly Describing Our Dangerously Changing World
In a new video by Peter Sinclair, prominent climate scientist Michael MacCracken discusses how the last thirty years have confirmed the predictions he and others made in 1982 and earlier. …
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Repeal the “Stand Your Ground” Laws
Washington - The “Stand Your Ground” laws in Florida and other states should all be repealed. At best, they are redundant. At worst, as in the Trayvon Martin killing, …
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We Screwed Up: A Letter of Apology to My Granddaughter
Dear Maddie, I address this letter to you, but please share it with Jack, Tasiah, and other grandchildren who are yet unborn. Also, with your children and theirs. My …
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FDR Countered Wall Street’s Greed With Mass Prosperity
Today, national progress and national prosperity are being held back chiefly because of selfishness on the part of a few… You know their reasoning. They say that in the …
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ALEC Climate Change Denial Model Bill Passes in Tennessee
The month of March has seen unprecedented heat and temperatures. A rational thinking, scientifically-grounded individual could only posit, "Well, hmm, I bet climate change has something to do with the …
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