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“The Whole World’s Watching“
The surreal dance that has evolved between Occupy Tulsa and the Tulsa Police Department continued Wednesday night as officers once again took control of downtown Centennial Park, arresting 13 …
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Bill Gates Champions a Financial Transactions Tax: “This Money Could Be Well Spent and Make a Difference“
While Republicans resist any attempt to address growing income inequality, more and more of America’s wealthy are asking to pay their fair share. Joining billionaire Warren Buffet, Microsoft founder …
Economy Generates 80,000 Jobs in October, Employment-to-Population Ratio Edges Higher
(Photo: photologue_np / Flickr) There is no reason to expect much of a drop in unemployment anytime soon. The economy added just 80,000 jobs in …
Tunisia Elections: The Real Thing This Time
It was only 2005 — not all that long ago — that Zine Ben Ali won his third term as Tunisia’s president with 99 percent of the vote. At …
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A Brave New World Wide Web of Economics
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Ryan Avent, the economics writer at The Economist, and I have been corresponding about the role of the …
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US Deports 46,000 Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months
Between January and June of 2011, the United States carried out more than 46,000 deportations of the parents of U.S.-citizen children, according to previously unreleased federal data obtained by …
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Bill Moyers: “Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy” (2)
Comments Prepared for Delivery Public Citizen 40th Gala Washington, DC October20, 2011 I am honored to share this occasion with you. No …
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Too Big to Jail
Robert Rubin. (Photo: Center for American Progress / Flickr) Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money, and the fact that …
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Activists Fight to Hold Exxon Mobil Accountable in Valdez Oil Spill (Part One)
(Photo courtesy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council) Rick Steiner is currently in the middle of a legal battle with Exxon Mobil Corp. over the …
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Congressional Democrats Seek to Curb Tough State Voter-Screening Laws
Washington - Democrats on Thursday ratcheted up efforts to combat new voting laws adopted by 13 states that Democrats contend are deliberate efforts to keep its core voting blocs …