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Obamacare Will Only Get Better in 2015
It's only going to get better u2013 or worse if you're a Republican politician.
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Thanks to the GOP, the US Is Without Its Top Doctor as Ebola Spreads
Thanks to Republicans, the United States is without its top doctor during a time when we need him or her more than ever.
Crime Fiction and Political Activism: Where They Meet and How
Truthout interviews Ken Wishnia, one of today's most perceptive crime fiction writers.
Game of Thrones, The Wire and the New York Fed
In the United States, for the most part, you don't have to do anything illegal: the system takes care of it for you.
Acute Economic Inequality Underlies “Occupy Central” Protests in Hong Kong
Assistant professor Eli Friedman from Cornell University says working-class and union participation has increased in subsequent occupations.
Can Civilization Survive “Really Existing Capitalism”? An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky discusses ISIS, the rise of religious extremism globally, actually existing capitalism and its incompatibility with democracy, Israel, Ukraine and the “root of all evil.”
Obama’s Propagandistic UN Address
The longer President Obama has been in office the less honest he has become, a problem growing more apparent in his second term.
Turkish-Syrian Border a “Great Hole” in Obama’s UN Speech
Vijay Prashad says Obama's comments on enforcing international norms have no credibility with most people around the world and are aimed at appeasing liberal unease.
In South Africa: Political Architects and their Forsaken Political Son
Since his divorce with the ANC and its leader and South African president, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema has not given up on what he knows best: politics.
Insider Traders in Congress May Soon Be Revealed by the Bipartisan “Political Intelligence Transparency Act”
Statement of Craig Holman, Government Affairs Lobbyist, Public Citizen's Congress Watch Division.