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Rasmus: Tragedy Has Many Faces
Feb 13, 2013
The State of the Union address last night, February 12, was proof, once again, that everything changes but nothing changes with the two parties in Washington
Cooke: Obama’s Shakedown of Medicare
Feb 12, 2013
The Medicare cuts are part of a larger "reform" of health care in the United States, which ultimately serves to shift the cost of health care off the backs of corporations
Malik: Freire Or Friedman?
Feb 11, 2013
For whom and for what purpose(s) does education serve? What does education actually look like?
Forman: Super-Sized Pay in New Zealand
Feb 10, 2013
With more than 4,000 members at KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Burger King, and Wendy’s, it has become one of the most successful fast food organizing efforts in the world
Ferner: A Second-Rate Power
Feb 09, 2013
For most of us in this country, coming in second would be highly welcome, a real improvement over the current state of affairs
Cooke: More Austerity Cuts Coming
Feb 08, 2013
The Great Recession has quietly devastated public services on a state-by-state basis, with Republican and Democratic governors taking turns leading the charge
Landau: The American Gun Disease
Feb 07, 2013
Second Amendment arguments about having regulated militias, which we don’t have, get used as pretexts for fear
Finamore: Why Egypt’s Revolution is So Different
Feb 06, 2013
Entering the third year of the revolt in Egypt, no amount of repression seems able to contain the swelling pressure exploding throughout the country
Solomon: Ready for More Blood
Feb 05, 2013
When Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to the U.N. Security Council on February 5, 2003, countless journalists in the United States extolled him for a masterful performance
Fletcher: The Choice
Feb 04, 2013
Fagen’s existence, and specifically his actions in defecting to the Philippine Army raised at the time, and continue to raise, important questions about conscience and patriotism
Vivas: Spain Is In The Hands Of Thieves
Feb 03, 2013
No doubt. We are in the hands of thieves
Rugh: Occupy Sandy’s Collective Recovery
Feb 02, 2013
Occupy and allies continue to perform day-to-day relief functions and have begun to institute long-term recovery projects in affected areas
Baroud: Opportunities and War in Mali
Feb 01, 2013
From Libya to Mali a typical story is forming, coupled with lucrative contracts and massive opportunities of all sorts
Rasmus: On the Road to Double Dip?
Jan 31, 2013
US GDP data released on January 30, 2013 for the fourth quarter 2012 showed a decline in GDP of -0.1% for the last three months of 2012
Catlin: Power From Motor City Soil
Jan 30, 2013
Possibilities are growing in more than 1,000 urban gardens and three full-scale farms that now cover the once-industrial landscape
Marty: Who Is Rescuing The Spanish People?
Jan 29, 2013
There have been 350,000 evictions since the beginning of the crisis in 2007 and 532 foreclosures are currently taking place per day
Finamore: Egypt Aflame in Protests
Jan 28, 2013
There is absolutely no doubt that both the military and the Muslim Brotherhood government were caught completely off guard by angry, increasingly intense protests
Leahy: Collapse of Global Civilisation
Jan 27, 2013
Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future
Barrington-Bush: 'They Know They Are Not Alone'
Jan 26, 2013
Stronger networks, many participants felt, had the potential to challenge the power of large multi-national corporations and the governments that support them
Feb 14, 2013
Let’s decode the president’s smooth oratory in the realms of climate change, war and civil liberties