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State Department Keystone XL Report Written By TransCanada Hiree
Itu2019s hardly surprising that the statement came out strongly in favor of the pipeline.
Economic Update: Capitalism, Critiques and Alternatives
Updates on defeats for Walmart, recovery for the tiny minority, Qatar royalty buys, and European moves to limit exec pay and tax financial transactions. Analysis of capitalism's history, its …
Hugo Chávez, a Threat to US Empire, Dead at 58 (Kevin Zeese interview)
Hugo Chávez was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. To discuss the legacy of Chavez, I talk with Kevin Zeese, who states that "The …
Job Growth Picks Up Steam in February
Employment rates of workers without high school degrees are near pre-recession levels.
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Sequester This! A Story of Sabotage and Theft
‘The sequester,’ like ‘the fiscal cliff’ and the ‘debt ceiling,’ is an intentionally crafted, make-believe crisis.
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Austerity: Another “Policy Mistake” Again
When will we attack the structural roots of crisis?
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Bad Ideas That Will Never Die
To paraphrase an old line about Vietnam, sometimes it seems to me like we haven't spent four years discussing the response to economic crisis; we've spent one year discussing …
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Basing Our Economy on Fossils Is Stupid
Researchers at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration report that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere underwent one of its largest single-year jumps ever in 2012.
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The Man in the Red Beret
The historical debates surrounding the legacy of Hugo Chavez have begun. Perhaps one day I will join these debates. But not now. Attacks on Chavez “the dictator” or Chavez …
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William Rivers Pitt: The Sequester is Good for You, and Other GOP Lies
William Rivers Pitt: This is all happening because the GOP would have us all believe that the country is broke.