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How Credit Collectors Have Reinvented the Debtors’ Prison
NPR just ran a story called “Unpaid Bills Land Some Debtors Behind Bars.” As they report, ”Here’s how it happens: A company will often sell off its debt to …
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Occupy Supporters Should Reach Out to Local Economic Justice Campaigns
A member of the Occupy movement holds up a sign during a demonstration in New York, December 12, 2011. (Photo: Robert Stolarik/The New York Times) With Occupy …
Obama’s “Twisted Version of American Exceptionalism” Laid Bare
President Barack Obama speaks at Osawatomie High School, in Osawatomie, Missouri, December 6, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) President Barack Obama would like …
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Secret Accounts of Iraq Massacre Found in Junk Yard
Baghdad - One by one, the Marines sat down, swore to tell the truth and began to give secret interviews discussing one of the most horrific episodes of America’s …
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In the US, Decidedly Warped Standards for “Mission Accomplished“
Matt Yglesias and Kevin Drum say the right thing about revelations that big banks got very easy terms during the 2008 financial crisis: the real scandal isn’t so much …
Bodies in Alliance: Gender Theorist Judith Butler on the Occupy and SlutWalk Movements
Women participate in Slutwalk on the streets of New York City in October, 2011. (Photo: David Shankbone / flickr) Judith Butler is the Maxine Elliot Professor of …
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A Huntsman Moment?
Peterborough, N.H. - Since all things seem possible in the Republican presidential contest, is there another turn coming that could benefit Jon Huntsman? That would be the …
How Have We Become the United States of Fear?
(Image: Haymarket Books) Mark Karlin: Your last chapter in so many ways embodies what you have covered in TomDispatch, and what is at the core of our …
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US Officially Ends Its Mission in Iraq
Baghdad - The United States military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq on Thursday even as violence continues to plague the country and the Muslim world …
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Britain’s Leaders Remain Tied to Austerity Doctrine
Earlier this year, protesters in London rallied against austerity measures proposed by the government. (Credit: Andrew Testa / The New York Times) These days, ambulance-chaser economists like …