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Kerry’s Unenviable Record for Veracity
Kerry's performance on August 30 was a clarion call for attacking Syria, and might have prevailed, were it not for the courage of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin …
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Backed by Big Telecom, GOP Takes Aim at Net Neutrality and Community Broadband
Why are members of Congress trying to derail popular efforts at the FCC to establish meaningful net neutrality rules? The answer is easy: just follow the money.
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Hong Kong’s Occupy Central Pushes for “Genuine Democracy“
Hundreds are set to occupy Hong Kong's government and financial district to push for “genuine democracy.”
The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
Despite consistent public opinion to the contrary, conservatives and the religious right have patiently and relentlessly campaigned against Roe v. Wade for decades.
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When the Public Square Is in Cyberspace: Why Democracy Demands Net Neutrality
Since the internet is a component of the public sphere, we should hold it to the ideal of freedom of expression.
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Shark Attack!
Under the right-wing war mongering Bush gang we saw 50 percent of our federal taxes go for military spending. Under Mr. Hope & Change Obama that percentage is now …
Crowdsourcing Our Way Out of the Crisis of Democracy
Democracy rebellion rolls across the United States as Americans are repeatedly shown how anti-democratic the government really is.
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To Avoid Unleashing Gaza-Like Airstrikes on Iraq, Congress Must Vote
There is still time to stop President Obama from unleashing on children and women in Iraq what Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has unleashed on children and women in Gaza.
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Tackling Inequality With Politics
Socialists must work to build mass democratic social movements and articulate an why a better world is not only possible but feasible, says Joseph M. Schwartz.
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Michigan, Nation Must Look at North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays“
Moral Mondays, spreading rapidly to other states, aim to help ordinary citizens take back their state governments from corporate-backed extremists.