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Alan Simpson Just Asked Me to Leave Rich People Alone
I'm feeling pretty guilty. I hadn't known I was causing billionaires so much suffering. The former co-chair of President Obama's deficit (aka catfood) commission just asked me during a …
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From Fort Sumter to Fort Knox: The Slave Power Shall Rise Again
April 2011 marked the anniversary of the two most seminal events in American history. Naturally enough, both involve violence.
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The Knowledge Factory
Schooling is the main target for a simple reason: In the United States public schools account for 50 percent of the state and local budgets and are subject to …
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Oh Yeah, Prove It
After releasing his certificate of live birth, which is signed by Hawaii state officials and his mother, President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the White House in …
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Turkish Journalism Behind Bars
Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister of Turkey, at the World Economic Forum in 2007. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) Vienna - In a study released in early …
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In Shift, Egypt Warms to Iran and Hamas, Israel’s Foes
Cairo - Egypt is charting a new course in its foreign policy that has already begun shaking up the established order in the Middle East, planning to open the …
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Swing-State Ohio at Heart of Union Rights Battle
North Canton, Ohio - In this former company town, an aging smokestack marked with “Hoover” in tall white letters stands like a tombstone over the union jobs lost when …
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News in Brief: Exxon Scores Huge Profits as Gas Prices Rise, and More
Exxon Scores Huge Profits as Gas Prices Rise Gas prices are up, and so are Big Oil's profit margins. Oil giant ExxonMobil posted a $10.65 billion …
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Arrogance and Authority
(Photo: MiiiSH) Washington, DC - It is increasingly common to hear prominent American and European central bankers proclaim, with respect to the crisis of 2008-2010, the following …