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On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Lawsuit Could Put an End to the GOP’s Perpetual Senate Filibuster, and More
In today's On the News segment: Common Cause files suit against the US Senate over filibuster rules, all signs now point to a Greek default and exit from the …
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Today, ALEC Brings Lawmakers and Big Oil Together to Undermine Clean Energy
Today, behind closed doors in Charlotte, North Carolina, legislators from 15 states will meet with the oil and gas industry to discuss so-called “model legislation” as part of the American Legislative …
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A US Financial Transaction Tax: How Wall Street Can Pay for Its Mess
As we continue to suffer the consequences of the 2008-2009 global financial crash caused by casino capitalism, one idea for bringing some measure of control over speculative financial practices …
The Whole World Is Watching: NATO in Chicago
The NATO summit coming to Chicago in May has brought the eyes of the world to the overlap among questions of militarization, poverty and dissent in a globalized society. …
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In South America, Separating Fact From Fiction
Somehow, though, people like Mr. Paul donu2019t like to talk about events of the past century, for which we have reasonably good data; they like to talk about events …
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Grabbing the Bolt-Cutters With Take Back the Land
In Rochester, New York, activists are fighting to win control of Catherine Lennon-Griffin's foreclosed, bank-owned home as a community land trust, at her request — making this one of …
Chomsky: Occupy Wall Street “Has Created Something That Didn’t Really Exist” in US – Solidarity
Well, the Occupy movement isu2014it was a big surprise. You know, if anybody asked me a year ago,
A New Economic Paradigm: An Interview With Gar Alperovitz
If you look deeply, there are lots of elements that begin to form a mosaic, I think, potentially suggesting the direction of an America beyond capitalism and also beyond …
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Why We Have a Deficit
Deficit theater is coming to DC tomorrow, with a well-funded "fiscal summit." The plot summary is that we have Deficit Trouble - Right Here In River City! so to fix it we need …
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Capitalism Is Taboo in America
For the last half-century, capitalism has been a taboo subject in the United States. Among politicians, journalists, and academicsu2014and in public conversation generallyu2014the word has been avoided or else …