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The Inhuman Failure of “Austerity“
Does the affluent society seem like a dream?
Fast-Track Bill Vote in Senate: Winter Is Coming
This will be a close vote in the Senate.
Obama to Visit Nike to Promote the TPP. Wait, Nike? Really?
In Nike President Obama may well have found the perfect company to visit to promote yet another job-destroying, billionaire-enriching trade deal.
How We Reach Critical Mass to Stop Climate Chaos
How do we reach the political “critical mass” to stop climate chaos, and tackle poverty and its accompanying social inequities?
The Salman Doctrine Could Singe Pakistan
The Saudi royal reshuffle is bad news for Pakistan.
NLG Calls on President Obama to Withdraw Executive Order Declaring Venezuela National Security Threat
President Obama issued Executive Order 13692, which declared a national emergency, calling Venezuela “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
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Rapid Rise in Super PACs Dominated by Single Donors
Super PACS that get nearly all of their money from one donor quadrupled their share of overall fund-raising in 2014.
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Making More Enemies Than We Kill? Calculating US Bomb Tonnages Dropped on Laos and Cambodia and Weighing Their Implications
Is there any correlation between bomb tonnage and political blowback?
Groups Demand SEC Rule Requiring Political Disclosure
The SEC should require disclosure of corporate political spending, 57 organizations and investors said in a letter today.
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Why Should We Care?
Surely one of the questions that comes to mind as we read the various commentaries on the skirmish between Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson is "Why Should We …