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Public Workers in Wisconsin Protest Plan to Cut Benefits
Madison, Wis. - Thousands of public employees and supporters converged at a hearing at the capitol here that ran into the wee hours of Wednesday morning to voice their …

Nadler, Polis Push Today to Cut Deficit by Trimming Empire
President Obama and House Republicans are out with their budget plans for the next fiscal year. Economist Jeffrey Sachs described it thus: President Obama wants to bleed the patient. …

South Dakota’s Legislative Attack on Abortion Providers
The South Dakota House of Representatives will soon vote on a bill that would expand the definition of justifiable homicide to include killing to protect the life of a …

The Day Egypt Disappeared
On February 11, 2011, after 30 years of dictatorship, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announced he was stepping down. As ancient pharaohs slumbered inside, a crowd of over a million …

Restoring Economic Sovereignty
"It is time to declare economic sovereignty from the multinational banks that are responsible for much of our current economic crisis. Every year, we ship over a billion dollars …

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Revolutions in the Information Age
Rabat, Morocco - Facebook and cell phone text messages helped Tunisia’s youth organize an unprecedented revolution, which led to the overthrow of the 23-year-long Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali dictatorship …

Fix the Pentagon Part I: Create an Independent Audit Agency
The Need for a Federal Contract Audit Agency Charles M. Smith

People for the American Way Condemns Abortion Provider Murder Bill
South Dakota’s House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on a bill that would legalize the killing of abortion providers. The bill, reported today in Mother Jones, would …

Shoulders to the Wheel: Laying the Foundations for Sustainable Local Food Systems
How do you create a locally harvested food system for a city of 100,000? This question is being asked presently in a seminar, in Duluth, Minnesota and the broader …

David Swanson | The Worst Thing Ever Invented
In this age of supposedly fighting against rulers and on behalf of oppressed peoples, the Vietnam War offers an interesting case in which the U.S. policy was to avoid …