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The Question of Socialism (and Beyond!) Is About to Open Up in These United States
The two most looked-up words in 2012 were ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism’.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Immigration Reform Rallies Spread From Coast to Coast, and More
Yesterday, thousands rallied around our nation to urge Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
Israeli Journalist Amira Hass Sparks Furor at Home for Defending Palestinian Right to Resist
Amira Hass, the only Jewish-Israeli journalist to have spent almost 20 years living in and reporting from Gaza and the West Bank, recently suffered a torrent of hate mail …
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Time to Bell the Obama Cat
Norman Solomon responds to President's Obama new plan to cut social security.
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Monsanto’s Next Target: Democracy
The battle for food sovereignty is a battle we cannot afford to lose.
Rectifying the Facts About Quinoa
Lavoie-Mathieu's examination of the facts behind media claims that quinoa's growing popularity is socially and environmentally destructive comes to a more nuanced conclusion.
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The Links Between Food, Fuel and Finance: A Threat to Food Security
We must get food out of our gas tanks.
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How the 40-Year “Long Recession” Led to the Great Recession
If you had to date the Great Recession, you might say it started in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers vaporized over a weekend and a massive mortgage-based Ponzi scheme …
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Interview With Rob Witherell: Representative, United Steelworkers (USW)
Interview with Rob Witherell who works for the United Steelworkers union at its headquarters in Pittsburgh.
Leaked EPA Documents Expose Decades-Old Effort to Hide Dangers of Natural Gas Extraction
Efforts by lawmakers and regulators to force the federal government to better police the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing.