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Five Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans
As the ongoing occupation of Wall Street by hundreds of protesters enters its third week — and as protests spread to other cities such as Boston and Los Angeles …
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The Reign of the One Percenters: Income Inequality and the Death of Culture in New York City
For my daughter’s benefit, so that she might know the enemy better, know what he looks like, where he nests, and when and where to throw eggs at his …
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Save the American Dream by Fighting the Plutocracy
Thousands rally to defend worker rights in Wisconsin, then nearly a million force a referendum in Ohio to repeal a similar assault. Tens of thousands fill congressional town meetings …
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Romney: I Would “Absolutely” Support State Constitutional Amendment to Define Life as Beginning at Conception
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) told Fox News host Mike Huckabee this weekend that he would support an amendment to his state’s constitution to define life as beginning …
Borrowed Hands
In the fall of 2006 Irma Luna, a community worker for California Rural Legal Assistance in Fresno, got a phone call from the tiny town of Tulelake, on the …
It Could Be You: The Sad Story of Jose Padilla, Tortured and Denied Justice
(Image: JR / Truthout) For nine and a half years - almost as long as the “war on terror” has been providing an excuse for paranoia about …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Department of Justice to Investigate Whether New Laws Disenfranchise Voters, and More
In today's On the News segment: Elizabeth Warren is in a statistical dead heat with the Massachusetts incumbent, the Department of Justice will investigate whether new laws will disenfranchise …
Chickening Out in Iraq
Very few people outside the agricultural world know that if the rooster in a flock dies the hens will continue to produce fertile eggs for up to four weeks …
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Occupy Wall Street: Watch Live
Occupy Wall Street in New York. September 17, 2011. (Photo: David Shankbone) With growing strength and support, the movement that started on Saturday, September 17 has become …
Live Feed From the Take Back the American Dream Conference, Washington, DC
This Just In! Occupy Wall Street – Report & Discussion - 9:15 AM Youth Speaks performance - 10 AM Take Back the American …