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Occupy DC: Empowering the 99 Percent
In the front section of The Washington Post, Dr. King's legacy is saluted in ads for Macy's and HSBC. Readers have every right to find this dubious. Macy's was …
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Emanuel’s Protest-Squashing “Sit Down and Shut Up” Ordinance Passes in Chicago
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivering his speech at the Iowa Democratic Party's 2011 Jefferson Jackson Dinner, November 19, 2011. (Photo: Iowa Democratic Party) Following weeks of public …
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Michigan Democrats Unveil Plan to Finance Free College Tuition by Eliminating Corporate Tax Credits
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) spent his first year in office trading in the welfare of thousands of vulnerable Michiganders in order to cut taxes for corporations and the …
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Corporate Personhood Cannot Withstand Organized Persons
There are many schemes now for undoing the doctrines under which corporations claim constitutional rights and bribery is deemed constitutionally protected “speech.” Every single one of these schemes depends …
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Law and Order 24/7, Except at Tax Time
Any tax system that subjects rich people to high taxes is asking for trouble. Or so the politicians who cater to people of means incessantly argue. The higher the …
Will US Lack of Imagination Lead to Nuclear Nightmare?
Titan II ICBM nuclear missile site located in Sahuarita, Arizona. (Photo: Jonathan McIntosh) In the aftermath of the cold war, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Jon Huntsman Drops Out of the Presidential Race, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Why Development Aid Is Not Enough
Oslo - Poverty is not only about not having enough money. It is also about exploitation and oppression, and about armed conflicts and wars that make it impossible to …
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Movement to End High-Stakes Testing Steps Up in Seattle
Teachers in Seattle high schools are refusing to administer a mandatory test, in defiance of public school and union policy.
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After Battling Fracking and Cancer, Lucinda Lost, and Found
Lucinda Hart-Gonzalez with her chickens. (Photo: Howard Nuernberger) Her joy was in sustaining our farm against the threat of fracking. After Lucinda's ashes become a part of …