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The Betrayal of Public Workers
The Great Recession and its aftermath are entering a new phase in the United States, which could bring even more severe assaults on the living standards and basic rights …

Richard D. Wolff | “The Tax Cut Bill” (Video)
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New …

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Richard D. Wolff | “The Tax Cut Bill” (Video)
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New …

Thank You, Scott Walker
Thank you, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, for waking a sleeping giant. Thank you for the awesomely uplifted spirits of Wisconsinites from Superior to Kenosha and Eagle River to Platteville, …

Mideast Volatility Widens as Uprising in Libya Escalates
Cairo, Egypt - Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, fell Sunday after a crack army unit defected to the opposition and clashes spread to the capital, Tripoli, as an uprising …

E.J. Dionne, Jr. | The Tea Party Is Winning
Washington - Take five steps back and consider the nature of the political conversation in our nation's capital. You would never know that it's taking place at a moment …

Absence of Al Jazeera English in US Is Troubling
The uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and now Iran should prompt a call for change here in the United States - against the absurd blackout of Al Jazeera television. You …

Chris Hedges | Huffington’s Plunder
I was in New York City on Thursday night at the Brecht Forum to discuss with the photographer Eugene Richards his powerful new book “War Is Personal” when I …

House Un-Christian Activities Committee

China Cracks Down on Protest Threats, Rounds Up Dissidents
Beijing - Chinese officials on Sunday cracked down against protests, or rumors of them, sending police to detain dissidents and breakup public gatherings in the capital and Shanghai. After …