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Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
(Photo: Páll Hilmarsson / Flickr) An Italian radio program's story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the …
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Rolling Sympathy Strikes Harass Food-Service Giant
Taking advantage of contracts that allow members to honor picket lines, Teamsters spread short, rolling sympathy strikes to nine states at the nation’s second-largest food service company. …
Democracy or Plutocracy? A Chart
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Capitalism and the Spy Market: An Analysis
(Photo: emmma peel / Flickr) The trend toward an ever greater abuse of power through the act of spying has apparently created its own capitalist market. And …
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Thousands of Egyptians Press Demand for Military Council to Step Down
Cairo - Egypt on Friday appeared on the cusp of a protracted battle for control of the country’s once-promising revolution, with military rulers and protesters staging rival demonstrations and …
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Looking Beyond Election Day
President Barack Obama walks out to address the media about the economy from the White House in Washington on July 8, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York …
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Hunger in America, By the Numbers
(Photo: mdavidford / Flickr) Last year, 17.2 million households in the United States were food insecure, the highest level on record, as the Great Recession continued to …
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Foreclosed Homeowners Re-Occupy Their Homes
San Francisco – Carolyn Gage was evicted from her foreclosed home in January. Earlier this month, she moved back in. “I’ve been in here for 50 years. …
The Jobs Crisis: What Did Roosevelt Do That Obama Should?
(Photo: Pete Souza / whitehouse.gov) The nation is experiencing the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression. Princeton economist and former Vice Chair of the Federal …
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