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Three Ways North Carolina Is Screwing Over Its Less Fortunate
What's the matter with North Carolina? Just a couple of weeks into 2014, the state has already taken some drastic, anti-progressive steps designed to harm its least fortunate citizens.
Citizens Risking Arrest at White House to Stop Keystone XL South
They are calling on President Obama to exercise his executive powers to permanently shut the pipeline down.
Our Misplaced, Undemocratic Budget Priorities: The Case of Keystone XL
Keystone XL or local infrastructure: What government budget priorities best reflect democratic concerns and create long-term jobs?
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None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds: Chris Crass’ “Towards Collective Liberation“
Chris Crass's coming-of-age memoir for the modern activist, “Towards Collective Liberation,” provides a road map for personal and societal evolution.
West Virginia Chemical Spill: When Small Government Doesn’t Work
The answer to what happened in West Virginia lies in a complex failure of oversight and regulation that stretches from local enforcement all the way to the halls of …
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What’s the Price of Workers’ Lives in Cambodia?
The killing of five garment workers in Cambodia suggests that they have been mobilized in service to a political agenda that has little to do with their own search …
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William Rivers Pitt | A Good Week for Hard Drinking
"Any week that starts with a guy getting shot to death in Florida by a retired police captain for the crime of texting his daughter's babysitter during the previews …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The TPP Is a Threat to the Environment, and More
We already knew that the TPP is a threat to our jobs, our civil rights, and our national sovereignty, and now we know it's also a danger to our …
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This Lane Closed
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Tip of the Iceberg
The US economy is on a collision course with our too-big-to-fail banks.