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The 2014 Elections Have Already Happened
When all the memories that hold are about possession and not sharing, no one attacks the fundamental principles of market rule because everyone is too deeply tied to the …
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Lawrence Lessig’s March to End Corruption
In the footsteps of Doris "Granny D" Haddock, activist Lawrence Lessig leads a two-week,185-mile trek through the winter cold in New Hampshire to raise awareness of corruption in American …
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Quit Talking About Equal Pay and Do Something
It's a hallmark of the Obama presidency: talk about change, but not deliver any. Will the president's pledge on equal pay suffer the same fate?
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Stereotyping In Congress, Then and Now
Representative Hunter, a "tea party" Republican, is suspicious of these negotiations because he feels that even if there is a positive outcome, Iran cannot be trusted.
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DPA and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Introduce Bill Allowing Drug Czar to Speak the Truth About Marijuana
President Obama has said that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol and that legalization in Colorado and Washington should move forward.
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We Want to Set Our House in Order: Our Own Way (Part III)
Why does the West not believe in the Thai people?
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No Fast Track to TPP: Fix NAFTA First
It is not only the wrong time to bring fast track up for a vote in Congress, it is time to scrap the TPP agreement. Instead we need to …
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12 States Now Moving to Curb Reckless Outsourcing of Public Services
Six more states have joined what appears to be a national movement to reign in reckless outsourcing of public services to for-profit corporations.
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Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn Spark Lively and Thoughtful Exchange on Rag Radio
In our Rag Radio interview we discuss Ayers' acclaimed two-volume memoir u2014 and the era it documents. Bill also addresses the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Waging War on Valentine’s Day
How can we rescue radical love from cardboard expression and use it to "restore the humanity" of our oppressors?