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Environment
Our Misplaced, Undemocratic Budget Priorities: The Case of Keystone XL
Keystone XL or local infrastructure: What government budget priorities best reflect democratic concerns and create long-term jobs?
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None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds: Chris Crass’ “Towards Collective Liberation“
Chris Crass's coming-of-age memoir for the modern activist, “Towards Collective Liberation,” provides a road map for personal and societal evolution.
West Virginia Chemical Spill: When Small Government Doesn’t Work
The answer to what happened in West Virginia lies in a complex failure of oversight and regulation that stretches from local enforcement all the way to the halls of …
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What’s the Price of Workers’ Lives in Cambodia?
The killing of five garment workers in Cambodia suggests that they have been mobilized in service to a political agenda that has little to do with their own search …
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William Rivers Pitt | A Good Week for Hard Drinking
"Any week that starts with a guy getting shot to death in Florida by a retired police captain for the crime of texting his daughter's babysitter during the previews …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The TPP Is a Threat to the Environment, and More
We already knew that the TPP is a threat to our jobs, our civil rights, and our national sovereignty, and now we know it's also a danger to our …
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This Lane Closed
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Tip of the Iceberg
The US economy is on a collision course with our too-big-to-fail banks.
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Obama Says He’ll Bypass Congress to Boost Economy
President Obama is embracing a do-it-yourself approach to reviving the nation's economy, saying Wednesday at North Carolina State University that he will bypass Congress where he can to help …
Economic Update: Europe’s Approach to Inequality
Richard D. Wolff discusses the history and dimensions of global inequality and movements for guaranteed annual incomes in Switzerland; and more.