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I Agree: “Darn It, Let’s Raise Taxes“
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) (Photo: DVIDSHUB / Flickr) According to House Speaker John Boehner, "You can't raise taxes in the middle of a weak …
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Dying for TEPCO? Fukushima’s Nuclear Contract Workers
Liquidators Recruited by Ads In the titanic struggle to bring to closure the dangerous situation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant No1, there are many signs that TEPCO is …
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Wisconsin’s “Capitol City” Was Testing Ground for Participatory Democracy
A protester gestures from an upper floor of the rotunda at the State Capitol building, in Madison, Wis., February 27, 2011. (Photo: Nicole Bengiveno / The New York Times) …
Walter Mosley: Beyond “Birthers,” Trusting People (Video)
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News in Brief: Push for Anti-Abortion Bills at the State Level Continues, and More …
Push for Anti-Abortion Bills at the State Level Continues
Antonia Juhasz: Oil Companies Profit, American Consumers Suffer
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The Oil Company Gusher
Exxon-Mobil's first quarter earnings of $10.7 billion are up 69 percent from last year. That's the most profit the company has earned since the third quarter of 2008 — …
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Philadelphia Sheriff Candidate Would Turn Selective Enforcement on Its Head
We hear a lot about what democracy means in America. In the case of the Cheri Honkala Green Party campaign for Sheriff of Philadelphia, what democracy means is recognizing …
Baratunde Thurston: Trump and the Birth Certificate (Video) (2)
Baratunde Thurston is usually one of our favorite comedians, but even he couldn't bring himself to laugh at the ugly spectacle of a privileged white man like Donald Trump …
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Europe’s Crisis and the Pain in Spain
When the current economic crisis hit Europe in 2008, small countries on the periphery were its first victims: Iceland, Ireland, and Latvia. Within a year it had spread to …