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“A Totally Moral Man”: The Life of Nonviolent Organizer Rev. James Lawson
Memphis segregationists feared the civil rights leader for the most interesting of reasons - a moral man can't be corrupted or hustled.
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Where Is the Arts Funding to Create a Collective Sense of Beauty and Meaning in America?
Is America's national artistic identity the cultural equivalent of pink slime lunchmeat?
Five Reasons Why Crisis Persists
This crisis is not going away. Officially begun late in 2007, nearly five years later, no end is in sight.
“An Extreme Choice”: Embracing Ayn Rand, GOP VP Pick Paul Ryan Backs Dismantling New Deal
Ryan is chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee and architect of a controversial budget plan to cut federal spending by more than $5 trillion over the next …
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Government Recants Major Terror Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
Editor's note: This report was originally published on March 30, 2010. We have reposted it due to some technical issues with the original version. The Justice Department has …
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Campaign for Paid Sick Days in New York City Aims to Support Working Women
Concentrated in industries like care-giving and food service, and most likely to have to stay home if a child is ill, women risk the most when forced to take …
Saving the Post Office: Letter Carriers Consider Bringing Back Banking Services
The USPS has evidently been targeted by a plutocratic Congress bent on destroying the most powerful unions and privatizing all public services.
Economic Update: “The Public’s Health and Economics”
Updates on extremes in Spain's crisis, Paul Ryan as VP candidate, US Justice Dept drops case against Goldman-Sachs, college costs crisis, and fast-rising food prices. Interview with Prof. Carles …
How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price Hikes Even Worse
The entire American food system is built on one crop — corn. And that is really bad news.