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The Merging of Government and Industry
The 20th century was the bloodiest and most violent in human history. This led some countries to fascism - a system characterized by the state and large business becoming …
In the Battle of the Budget, a Fog of Words
Frank Luntz at Affiliate Summit East 2010. Luntz claimed on Fox that the budget of a country of nearly 300 million people is similar to that of a working-class …
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“Known and Unknown”: A Review of Donald Rumsfeld’s Memoir
On February 8, 2011, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld published his highly anticipated memoir, “Known and Unknown.” The title refers to the dilemma of having to act on …
Plenty of Plenty in the New Food Plutocracy
As food prices, both in this country and abroad, continue their steady ascent, the amount we should pay for food remains a contested issue. In a February 21, 2011, …
Can Unions Break From the Democrats? What a Real Declaration of Independence Would Mean
Richard Trumka at the Power Shift 2011 rally, April 19, 2011. In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Trumka called for a labor movement focused …
Vermont Poised to Become 1st State to Enact Single-Payer Healthcare
Rachel Maddow: The People’s Budget Should Be on the Table
Immigration for Third Graders
I recently came across an article that brought attention to a particularly troublesome bit of curriculum being employed by an elementary school in Duluth, Georgia. When third-grade …
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Democracy Talks – Listen Up!
(Image: The New Press) Bill Moyers has a new book out. In the interest of full disclosure, I edited the book with him and co-wrote its introduction. …
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The Underclass Won’t Wait to Join Obama’s “Everybody“
I call him Class Warrior. He stands in front of me at a Circle K station. He is an outsider, excluded from the winnings market free play has placed …