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The Sustainable Seafood Myth
(Photo: Jameel Winter / Flickr) Stroll by any Whole Foods seafood counter and you will see color-coded fish: Green for fully sustainable, yellow for partially sustainable, and red …
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30 Years Ago Today: The Middle Class Died
President Reagan walks along the White House colonnade, 1981. (Photo: Wikimedia) From time to time, someone under 30 will ask me, "When did this all begin, America's …
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31 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Shootdown
US Marine Infantrymen from Kilo Company, 3/6 Marines carry their gear out to US Army rotary wing helicopters from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade prior to an air assault …
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Obama on the Backs of the Poor
President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, July 11, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) What are we to make of the Obama-brokered deal on debt …
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S&P Downgrades Debt Rating of US for the First Time
Washington - Standard & Poor’s removed the United States government from its list of risk-free borrowers for the first time on Friday night, a downgrade that is freighted with …
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Serbia, NATO Reach Deal to End Kosovo Standoff
Belgrade, Serbia - The NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) and Belgrade have reached an agreement to end a tense standoff in the Serb-dominated northern Kosovo after nearly two …
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How Change Happens: A Threefold Strategy
This is part of a series of blogs based on excerpts adapted from the 2nd edition of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. I …
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The Corporations Funding the Annual Meeting of the Powerful Right-Wing Front Group ALEC
This week, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is holding its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. ALEC is a powerful corporate front group that allows big corporations to …
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Is Wisconsin Ground Zero for the “American Spring” or a Third Party?
Protesting provisions of Governor Walker's Budget Repair Bill, February 2011, Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo: Richard Hurd / Flickr) People watching the news over the past week might have …
America in Decline
Corporate power's ascendancy over politics and society both political parties far to the right of the population.