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An End to “Mindless Austerity”: Obama Pushes for Taxing the Rich to Fund New Spending Programs
President Obama has unveiled a $4 trillion budget proposal for next year Congress that calls for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Johann Hari: Everything We Know About the Drug War and Addiction Is Wrong
Journalist Johann Hari talks about the century-old failed drug war and how much of what we know about addiction is wrong.
Populist Movement’s “Ground Zero”: The Effort to Reclaim Chicago
Reclaim Chicago is rethinking what it means to run a political campaign.
Tissue Issue: Tale of a Shrinking Tree – Green Ninja Show
Paper seems like an infinite resource these days, nobody sees the underlying effects.
The New Arab Cold War: US Policy Sows Conflict, Unrest Across the Middle East and North Africa
As the United States weighs a major escalation with potential military aid to Ukraine, we look at how American policy is sowing conflict across North Africa and the Middle …
Dean Baker: New Leftist Greek Leaders Being “Very Smart” to Challenge German-Imposed Austerity
Economist Dean Baker discusses last month's victory of the left-wing Syriza party in Greece.
David Harvey: Looking Toward a Moneyless Economy and Sleeping Well at Night
David Harvey discusses capitalist contradictions, the loss of meaningful jobs and alternatives to the current system.
Sen. Bernie Sanders Presents Tcherneva’s Research to Show How Reagan Helped Destroy the Middle Class
Sanders took to the Senate floor.
Amid Violence Against Journalists Worldwide, Egypt Releases One of Three Jailed Al Jazeera Reporters
Journalist Peter Greste has been released.
Is Ukraine a Proxy Western-Russia War? US Weighs Arming Kiev as Violence Soars
The US is considering arming Ukrainian forces.