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The Great American Ripoff: The High Cost of Low Taxes
The American people pay a similar amount for social services as citizens of European countries with supposedly lavish social safety nets.
The Story of Solutions
What if the goal of our economy wasn't more, but better?
Occupy Sandy: One Year After The Storm
Our people-powered movement built something incredible, but we need your help to continue to move forward.
Japan’s Cut-Price Nuclear Cleanup
The men responsible for cleaning up the plant are suffering from plummeting morale, health problems and deep anxiety about the future.
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World’s Anger at Obama Policies Goes Beyond Europe and the NSA
Some of the United Statesu2019 closest allies are so upset about the NSA surveillance programs that the Obama administration has gone into damage-control mode to ensure the rifts donu2019t …
Parents Organize Boycott to End Standardized Testing of Four-Year-Olds
New York School believed to be first to reject testing in grades K-2, principal and 90 percent of parents support boycott and hope it helps spark nationwide movement.
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Home Heating Costs Expected to Rise This Winter Despite Gas Fracking Boom
The United States is poised to boost natural gas exports while the most vulnerable Americans struggle to pay their heating bills and federal financial assistance dwindles.
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Why Snowden’s Passport Matters
Revocation of Snowden's U.S. passport has been a crucial weapon to prevent him from crossing an international border for any reason other than to come home to prison in …
$40 Million Allocated for Drone Victims Never Reaches Them
It appears that none of the $40 million collected for drone strike victims and their families has actually reached them.
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Politicians’ Extortion Racket?
Some politicians are involved in a type of “legal extortion” to get their hands on cash, with terms like the “tollbooth” and “milker bills” describing some of these practices.