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From Occupation to Liberation
Words matter, especially in our mediated world where the resonance of language is greatly amplified. In this spirit, among some sectors that are otherwise sympathetic with and supportive of …
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US Troop Deaths in Afghan War Under Obama Now Twice That Under Bush
This weekend marked a new milestone for the war in Afghanistan: the total number of US troops killed in the war has doubled since President Obama took office, according …
Occupy Wall Street Speaks for America: A “Centrist” Hit Job’s Polling Data Helps Prove It
Thanks to a hit piece by one of those Beltway pseudo-"bipartisans" we can now state conclusively what many of us have long suspected: Occupy Wall Street speaks for the …
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The More You Pay, the Less You Get
Schumpeter at The Economist pointed me to a paper by Richard Cazier and John McInnis on one of my favorite topics: CEO hiring. Cazier and McInnis first confirm, not surprisingly, …
The Public Option in Banking: Another Look at the German Model
Norddeutsche Landesbank, a public corporation by the federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. (Photo: dierk schaefer) Publicly owned banks were instrumental in funding Germany's “economic miracle” …
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Domestic Workers Convention May Be Landmark
Washington - When governments from around the globe passed a treaty in June to protect domestic workers, labor experts called it a surprising breakthrough for millions of exploited women. …
Occupying Wall Street: What Went Right?
Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street protests march from Zucotti Park to Washington Square, in New York, Oct. 8, 2011. The movement has inspired more than 200 Facebook pages …
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Koch Subsidiary Told Regulators It Has ‘Direct and Substantial Interest’ in Keystone XL
In recent months Koch Industries Inc., the business conglomerate run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, has repeatedly told a U.S. Congressional committee and the news media that …
It is Time to Keep Marching to Take Back America’s Dream
So tell me is this fair? We've got worker's rights in the air, and Congress hasn't put one jobs bill there. What's up, Boehner? Now I catch feeling …
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Fear of an Islamic Planet
It's easy to make fun of Michele Bachmann: her history gaffes, her Christian extremism, her ludicrous political positions. Journalists, though, would be sad to see her leave the Republican …