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On the News With Thom Hartmann: A 21-Year-Old in Arkansas Was Shot in the Head While Handcuffed in the Back of a Police Car, and More
A 21-year-old in Jonesboro, Arkansas is dead after he was mysteriously shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car.
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Hiding America’s Recent History
so much money is invested in covert media operations that spin and distort reality that the people inside the u201cdeception machineu201d believe the news that they themselves plant and …
Walking the Waters: How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans
A recent study found that u201cmore than half the near-shore waters governed by the California Current system [off the West Coast] are likely to become so acidic throughout the …
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Romney Still Doubling Down on Failed Policies
Thereu2019s a tone of incredulity to the writings of Romney apologists. It seems as if they canu2019t believe that the magic words u2014 Capitalism! Free markets! Job creators! u2014 …
Change Will Occur
Political-economic systems come and go over time, and the current American system is probably not the be-all and end-all of world development.
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Bush Tax Cuts Have Delivered $1 Million in Tax Breaks to the Average Millionaire
The Bush tax cuts delivered the weakest job growth of the post-war period.
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The Rich: Once We “Clawed Back” Them All
The movers and shakers of scandal-ridden Wall Street are busy scapegoating a
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Six Things You Should Know About the $21 Trillion the World’s Richest People Are Hiding in Tax Shelters
A new report from the Tax Justice Network found trillions of untaxed wealth that the world's richest people are hiding.
Spain Is Being Asked to Adopt Socially Burdensome and Economically Ineffective Measures
Spainu2019s problem is a general European problem. In 2010, it was running a high public deficit: at 9.3% of GDP, theyu2019re being asked to undertake the challenging task of …
Robert Pollin: Full Employment Is Possible!
The last time the US saw relatively full employment wasnu2019t in ancient history. It was at the end of the 1990s. We can do it. Pollin lays out how.