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Obama, Education and the End of the American Dream
Obama is a skillful politician and a great orator. He has consistently made reference to the American Dream in his campaigning for the presidency and after, often focusing on …
The Not-So-Free Market: How Consumerism Fuels Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the commercialization of that which no one has the right to sell - human lives. These lives - approximately 30 million women, men, girls and boys …
Boeing HQ Shut Down by Anti-NATO Summit Protesters to Cap Week of Action
Protesters staged a “die-in” outside of the defense contractor's office.
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The Jamaicanization of the Euro Zone
Jamaica, an English-speaking Caribbean island nation of 2.9 million people, may seem worlds away from Europe. The country's income per person of $9,000 ranks it 88th in the world, …
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Gas Industry Aims to Block Zero-Carbon Building Goal
The natural gas industry is working behind the scenes in Washington to block a green building rule that was expected to be a national model.
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Corporate Lobbying Group Asks Supreme Court Not to Use “Empirical Evidence” When Reconsidering Citizens United
Late last year, the Montana high court, citing the state’s long history of corporate money corrupting politics, defied the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and continued enforcing the state’s 100-year …
UN Chief Says Iran Deal Near on Inspecting Key Atomic Site
The flurry of diplomacy reinforced a shift of focus to talks from the possibility of military action by Israel.
Contemplating the Abyss
On May 1, after a day of May Day activities on the streets and avenues of Manhattan, my wife and I and a troop of other OWS celebrants marched …
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The Oracle Says “We Told You So“
Spring 1973, Atlanta. My lover was a professor of psychology, a man more familiar with suburban angst and tenure and fretting about interest rates rather than whether the month is …
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Recovery Begins When Addiction Ends: An Open Letter to Jamie Dimon
Dear Jamie Dimon: We, the Alternative Banking Working Group of Occupy Wall Street, are staging an intervention on your behalf. Unlike many in the financial industry and press, we …