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Anatomy of the Walmart Strike: Walking Out, One Day at a Time
An inside account of a day in the life of the Walmart strike.

Economic Update: Capitalism’s Costly Uneven Development: Detroit
Updates on politicians' big business incomes after their government jobs and the debate over social security.

Journalist Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change
To protect the planet, Klein says we need both market incentives and a government that will say no to the fossil fuel lobby.

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Why We Should Stop Obsessing About the Federal Budget Deficit
I wish President Obama and the Democrats would explain to the nation that the federal budget deficit isnu2019t the nationu2019s major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldnu2019t be our …

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Is the IRS Failing to Uphold the Separation of Church and State?
The Freedom From Religion Foundation claims churches engaging in electioneering are getting a free pass on audits.

How Washington Insiders Bar Economic Reality From Political Debate
DC's self-anointed serious people love to exclude critics of their self-serving arguments by painting their warnings as shrill.

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Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All
Militarization is increasingly the sole method the global 1 percent favors to create and protect its excessive wealth.

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Occupy’s New Offshoot Set to Cancel Millions in Medical Debts
Ordinary people donated enough money to collectively buy an estimated $5.9 million in bad debt in order to cancel it.

What Happened to the Green New Deal?
Out of the ashes of Obama's green-collar vision, a worker-run business may point the way to the economy of the future.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Something Fishy is Happening in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, and More
Coal baron Robert Murray recently announced he's laying off 163 of his employees because, he says, President Obama was re-elected, something fishy is going on in Florida's 18th Congressional …