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Art as Resistance: New York Festival Crosses the Line
The Crossing the Line art festival features works from independent artists and thinkers challenging conventional social, economic and political norms.
The Egyptian Revolution’s Next Barrier
The revolutionary process in Egypt has been especially contradictory, requiring that a proper analysis untangle all of the political knots.
Salvatore Babones | Unprecedented Inequality: The Top 1% Captured 95% of the Income Gains Since 2009
Salvatore Babones: The economy is growing, but most workers are left behind.
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Remember When People Had Pensions?
America's corporate chiefs deserve all their hefty rewards, we're told, because they take hefty risks. And what exactly are these richly rewarded corporate chiefs putting at risk? Our retirement …
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Apple vs. Microsoft: A Tale of Tech Titans
While the story of Apple has inspired us all, Microsoft could be on the path to creating an inspirational trajectory of their own.
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JOBS: It’s That Simple!
The plutonomy of the wealthy may be booming, but in the realonomy where ordinary Americans live and work times are still tough.
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A Hundred Arrested Protesting Walmart Firings
Thousands of people participated in Thursdayu2019s protests, according to OUR Walmart, and 100 were arrested.
Slash and Burn: The War Against California Pensions
u201cPension reformu201d has become the latest battle cry in a seemingly endless war that has ostensibly been declared against tax-dollar waste.
Modern Chaos and the Pleasure of Hidden Greek Treasures
Greece in 2013 is an occupied country. But there's no occupation army anywhere in Greece. Yet the occupation is as real as if barbarians were at the gates.
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Economy Added 169,000 Jobs in August, but Downward Revisions Cloud Picture
Bad jobs are increasing because in a weak labor market, workers can't find anything better.