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Occupy Wall Street Aims Ire at Foreclosures
As many as a dozen “Occupy Wall Street” protestors and their allies were arrested Thursday afternoon as they tried to stop a foreclosure auction inside a courthouse in Brooklyn, …
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Eric Cantor: We Need to Rely on the Wealthy to Address Income Inequality
The 99 percent movement protests are going global as more and more people seek to register their frustration with corporate greed and injust economic policies. Preferential tax treatment has …
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How Christian Fundamentalism Helped Empower the Top 1 Percent to Exploit the 99 Percent
As the Occupy Wall street movement spreads across the country and the world, we must bring attention to the enablers of the top 1 percent exploiting the 99. Fundamentalist …
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Occupy Chicago Clarifies Its Mission
Chicago - Protesters in downtown Chicago, often criticized for being haphazard and unfocused, have taken steps to make their mission clearer. Members of Occupy Chicago, one of …
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Next Steps for the Occupy Movement
As the Occupy Movement gains strength nationally and internationally, questions of “what next” are popping up. Although there are no easy answers or ready-to-order recipes for moving forward, there …
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New Republican Jobs Plan Really Is Different This Time. Really
Senate Republicans have unveiled their new Jobs Through Growth Act. This time it's different. Read on and see why. Bill Scher, in this morning's News To Media: …
Democracy Versus Bankers at the Fed
The Federal Reserve Board has provided the basis for thousands of conspiracy theories in its near 100-year existence. These conspiracies have some basis in reality as can be seen …
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Longshore Workers Make a Stand for Labor (2)
Longshore workers on the Columbia River caught everyone's attention three weeks ago when they blocked a move by a multinational grain consortium that threatened their union and their jobs. …
Journalism in Mexico Faces Threat of Being Completely Silenced
A body at a crime scene, which has become a regular part of daily life, in an alley in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 25, 2011. (Photo: Katie Orlinsky / …
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The Nihilist Party: Republicans Who Believe in Nothing
Some people's only exposure to nihilism comes from the German gang in The Big Lebowski who said things like “We are nihilists, we believe in nothing” and "Tell us …