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Why We Must Rescue the US Postal Service From the Brink of Death
The post office can still be saved, but its grave has been dug.
Wisconsin’s “Shameful” Gerrymander of 2012
Out of all the states re-drawing Congressional boundaries along partisan lines after the 2010 elections, Wisconsin's gerrymandering may have been the most egregious.
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The Economic Challenge Ahead: More Jobs and Growth, Not Deficit Reduction
Robert Reich explains that while the deficit will always be there, it is job growth that will take this country out of the black.
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Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic Now
A calm apocalypticism is not crazy, but rather can help us confront honestly the crises of our time.
Nate Hagens: Things Are Not Going to Be as Easy Over the Next 40 Years
The primary drivers of historical economic growth are no longer available, spelling the end of global growth.
US Economy “Stuck in the Mud”
Robert Pollin: Last quarter of 2012 had zero growth, wages were lower, unemployment higher as stock market hit record highs.
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Colonialism and the Green Economy: Environmental Justice, Refineries and California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
Fossil fuels will not be phased out, but propped up to maintain their domination.
Kill List Exposed: Leaked Obama Memo Shows Assassination of US Citizens “Has No Geographic Limit”
The Obama administration's internal legal justification for assassinating US citizens without charge has been revealed for the first time.
Two Years on, Egyptian Revolution Caught in Violent Past
Egypt still reeling from January 25th anniversary violence, as police brutality moves some revolutionaries to abandon peaceful protests.
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Remanding Migrants “To the End of the Line“
Roberto C. Rodriguez: Our mindset about immigration needs to change radically before this country will see justice in immigration policy.