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The “Deep State” – How Much Does It Explain?
The Deep State operates according to its own compass heading regardless of who is formally in power.

Horse of a Different Color
Here's the completed outpouring of my emotions that will never really be complete.

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Four Signs Billionaire Tom Perkins Has Lost Touch With Reality (and Why It Matters)
American multi-billionaire Tom Perkins can't seem to avoid controversy lately.

Usurious Returns on Phantom Money: The Credit Card Gravy Train
The credit card business is now the banking industry's biggest cash cow, and it's largely due to lucrative hidden fees.

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The New Fascism: Terms and Conditions
By agreeing to the terms and conditions for the Bank of America smartphone application, you give the company the permission to turn on your camera and microphone without telling …

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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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Corporate Cronyism: The Secret to Overpaid CEOs
Dean Baker: The corporate directors who are supposed to be holding down CEO pay for the benefit of the shareholders are generally buddies of the CEOs.

Any National “Conversation About Race” Must Include Black Radical Tradition
What passes for most ‘conversations about race,’ particularly in corporate media, which shape public perception, are narrow or wrong.

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Bob Dylan and the Ethics of Market Fascism
Bob Dylan's SuperBowl commercial for Chrysler opens, ‘Is there anything more American than America?’ Answer: Maybe this commercial - and not necessarily in a good way.

Laura Flanders | The 1% Should Be Afraid: The New Norm in the Workplace Is Unstable
Barbara Garson, author most recently of “Down the Up Escalator,” talks about the unsustainable inequality we are spiraling into as capitalists forget they need redistribution to save their own …