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Class Warfare, the Final Chapter
“There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.” -Warren Buffett to The New York Times, November 26, 2006 There …

Salary Ceiling, a Lever for Change
Over the last 30 years, disparities in income have exploded. While a big company CEO earned about 35 times the average salary of one of his employees during the …

Japan Confronts Multiple Crises as Death Toll Rises
Tokyo - Anxiety mounted in Japan on Tuesday as the country struggled to come to grips with the scope of the natural disaster that struck last Friday and the …

How the Tiny Kingdom of Bahrain Strong-Armed the President of the United States
The men walking down the street looked ordinary enough. Ordinary, at least, for these days of tumult and protest in the Middle East. They wore sneakers and …

Slaves in an Army of Destruction or Heroes in an Army of Construction?
Congress is not preparing to defend the people of the United States. It is planning to protect the capital of American speculators and investors.... Incidentally this preparation will benefit …

News in Brief: Iowa Considers Criminalizing Undercover Videos of Farm Animal Abuse, and More
Iowa Considers Criminalizing Undercover Videos of Farm Animal Abuse

Truthout’s Yana Trakhtenberg on Democracy Now!: “Bahrain Is No Longer an Independent Country“
The King of Bahrain has declared a state of emergency for three months following weeks of pro-democracy protests.

Massive Protest in Wisconsin Shows Walker’s Overreach
About 100,000 people gathered in Madison, Wisconsin to protest Gov. Scott Walker's new anti-collective bargaining law. The state Senate hurriedly past the bill without a quorum last Wednesday. Roger …

Amid Furor Over State Pensions, Congress Gets Much Bigger Ones
Some members of Congress haven't been shy about criticizing underfunded state and local pension plans, even though they themselves enjoy much heftier retirement packages than most private-sector employees and …

Japan Bracing for Nuclear Meltdown
Tokyo - Desperate efforts by the government to avoid the looming nightmare of a nuclear meltdown in tsunami damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants, 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, have …