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Robert Reich | Budget Baloney
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential hopeful, says in order to “save” Social Security the retirement age should be raised. The media are congratulating him for his …
Interview With Bill McKibben, Winner of Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
Bill McKibben, Schumann distinguished scholar at Middlebury College, is the author of a dozen books about the environment, including “The End of Nature” (1989), regarded as the first book …
Jim Hightower | Ethics, Health Care, Guns and Congress Critters
This new Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago by the convicted money-launderer, Tom DeLay — only …
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Ethics, Health Care, Guns and Congress Critters
This new Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago by the convicted money-launderer, Tom DeLay — only …
Noam Chomsky on Wisconsin’s Resistance to the Assault on the Public Sector
World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses several domestic issues in the United States, including the protests in defense of public sector employees and unions in Wisconsin, how the U.S. …
News in Brief: Unrest and Police Brutality Continues in Arab World, and More
Unrest and Police Brutality Continues in Arab World
Pentagon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Failure to Protect Service Members From Rape
On February 15, 2011, the Pentagon was slammed with a class action lawsuit filed by 15 women and two men who are victims and survivors of rape in the …
Credit the Egyptian People for the Egyptian Revolution
While there will undoubtedly have to be additional popular struggle in Egypt to ensure that the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak leads to real democracy, the ouster of the …
The Global Democratic Movement for Peace
Dear Readers, Democracy is on the march. It started in Tunisia, spread to Egypt, and continues to gain momentum in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain and even …
Government to Start Fighting Homelessness Among Veterans
Veterans, particularly poor and minority veterans, are 50 percent more likely to become homeless compared to other Americans, according to a report released last week by the Housing and …