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Economy-Labor
Five Facts That Put America to Shame
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…I lift my lamp beside the golden [...]
Waiting for Copernicus: Moving Beyond Wall Street-Centric Economics
It’s happening in Buenos Aires. It’s happening in Paris and in Athens. It’s even happening [...]
A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age?
Noam Chomsky
On the History of the US Economy in Decline
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JP Morgan’s $2 Billion Tumble Renews Call: ‘Break Up the Big Banks’
It’s a simple concept: you either get to be a bank, or you get to [...]
The incredible shrinking labor force
If the same percentage of adults were in the workforce today as when Barack Obama [...]
Plutocracy, Paralysis, Perplexity
PAUL KRUGMAN ---- concentration of income at the top has reached levels not seen [...]
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Health and Wellness
The great American medicine show, a spectacle of deceit, manipulation, and flimflammery
Jim Hightower :-: Sales over science, profit over people, greed over need Butterflies waft across [...]
Texas Planned Parenthood Defunding Halted By Federal Judge
A federal court in Texas ruled to stop a new law on Monday that excluded [...]
Administration Halts Program That Helped Sick People Find Health Care
Health insurance agents and brokers will no longer be getting paid to tell sick people [...]
How Safe is the Food We Eat
Food safety in the United States is often an overlooked area of concern. Americans generally [...]
6 Kinds of Pills Big Pharma Tries to Get You Hooked on for Life
Since direct-to-consumer drug advertising debuted in the late 1990s, the number of people on prescription [...]
G-Spot Exists? Researcher Says He Has Evidence,
The elusive G-spot has been found, a researcher claims in a new report. The famed [...]
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Crime, Legal Issues
Documents: How Goldman et al Engaged in ‘Naked Short Selling’
Matt Taibbi
Accidentally Released - and Incredibly Embarrassing -
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Obama: JPMorgan Disaster Shows ‘Why Wall Street Reform Is So Important’
President Barack Obama discussed JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion loss on Monday, saying the bank’s massive [...]
Exclusive Investigation: The Truth Behind the Official Story of Finding Bin Laden
A few days after US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in [...]
Supreme Court Favorability Hits New Low In New Pew Research
Fifty-two percent of Americans hold a favorable view of the Supreme Court, a quarter-century low [...]
RFK Assassination Witness Nina Rhodes-Hughes Says Sirhan Sirhan Didn’t Act Alone
Nina Rhodes-Hughes, a key witness to the Robert F. Kennedy assassination at the Ambassador Hotel [...]
Marco Rubio Campaign Fined For Improper Contributions
The Senate campaign of Florida Republican Marco Rubio has agreed to pay an $8,000 fine [...]
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Fascism, Police State, Authoritarianism
Congressmen seek to ‘legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences.’
BuzzFeed reports that Rep. Mark Thornberry (R-TX) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) have inserted a [...]
CNBC Analyst: Bain Capital ‘Fired A Lot Of People’ To Get ‘Prosperity For The Rich’
The private equity firm co-founded by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney “fired a lot [...]
The Big Fix: Documentary Exposes BP, US Government on Gulf Disaster
The story and facts that emerge are more than disturbing.
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Preying on Poverty: How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks
The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal, and almost impossible [...]
Bloomberg: Paying Workers Enough to Live Is ‘Communism’
New York’s billionaire mayor is so opposed to a tiny raise for workers at companies [...]
How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
Matt Taibbi ......It's bad enough that the banks strangled the Dodd-Frank law. Even worse [...]
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Environment
Water Is Where Everything Intersects – Water in the Global Commons
In case after case around the world, water is being turned into a good for [...]
NOAA: US Experienced Warmest 12-Month Period in 117 Years
Newest monthly climate report shows 12-month period and year-to-date periods warmest since recordkeeping began The [...]
Plastic in ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Has Increased 100-Fold
“Alarming amount” of plastic having ecosystem-wide effects Plastic garbage in the ocean has increased 100-fold [...]
Global Temperatures Could Rise by More than 2°C
40 years after original ‘Limits to Growth’ new report says ‘short-termism’ and ‘over-consumption’ killing planet [...]
Scientists: Deep Ocean Beneath Antarctic Responding Rapidly to Climate Change
Latest research shows continuing dramatic change in southern oceans New research by Australian scientists suggests [...]
TransCanada’s Relentless Push to Get Tar Sands Pipeline Continues
New Keystone XL route a environmental disaster, say green groups TransCanada, the Canadian company behind [...]
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Energy
Fukushima: It May Be Too Late Unless the Military Steps In
The nuclear disaster that would result is beyond anything science has ever seen. Calling it [...]
China Moves Forward While America Falls Behind
Our political leaders often play off the downturn in American manufacturing by touting a focus [...]
Despite Backing Subsidies For Big Oil, Mike Pompeo (R-Koch) Says Wind Energy Doesn’t Deserve Financial Support
Koch Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) — who is deeply indebted to Koch Industries for more [...]
Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the U.S.
The radioactive inventory of all the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools at [...]
Vivian Norris: Fukushima’s Nuclear Nightmare Is Far From Over (or the Disturbingly Deadly Act of Placing Profits Before People)
The visit to Japan some twenty days after the catastrophic earthquake, horrific tsunami and resulting [...]
U.S. Senator Says Fukushima Daiichi’s Unit 4 Could Spew More Radiation Than March 11 Accident –
ust how dangerous is the situation at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant? Very, according [...]
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Politics
Harry Reid: Filibuster Rule Has ‘Been Abused,’ Needs Changing
After an exasperated rant about Republican obstructionism, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday [...]
Bryan Fischer To Romney: ‘How Is He Going To Stand Up To North Korea If He Can Be Pushed Around By A Yokel Like Me?’ | ThinkProgress
American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer led the right-wing charge against Mitt Romney’s ousted foreign [...]
Chatting With Chomsky [Video]
by Laura Flanders & Noam Chomsky
Chomsky: "We are a nation whose leaders are [...]
Robert Caro: GOP Abuse Of Filibuster ‘Unconscionable,’
Harry Reid, as majority leader of the United States Senate, has done “a terrific job,” [...]
Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.
In 40 years of studying Washington and Congress it's never been this dysfunctional. Today, we [...]
Student Loan Interest Rate Bill That Cuts Health Care Program Passes House
The House of Representatives advanced a bill Friday that funds cheaper student loans by cutting [...]
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Rightwing World
Paul Ryan Claims Romney Budget, Which Adds $10 Trillion To Debt, Will ‘Prevent A Debt Crisis’
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s budget would add $10.7 trillion to the debt and [...]
Mitt Romney’s Support Of Same-Sex Adoption Lasts One Day
Among Mitt Romney’s timid responses this week after President Obama’s endorsement of marriage equality was [...]
House GOP Would Let Domestic Abusers Know Their Victims Called For Help
The GOP-led House’s version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) would not only strip [...]
Mitt Romney Commissioned Pro-America Pins, Made Them In China
At a fundraiser in Virginia last night, Mitt Romney touted his experinece running the Salt [...]
Rape Away The Gay?
Radio Personality Tells Father To Get A Man To Rape His Daughter Until She Turns [...]
Ever wonder when the GOP figured out they could lie right into Americans faces and get away with it?
Economic Policy – The Reagan Years :-: “He knows less about the budget than any [...]
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Science & Technology
Why We Cry: The Fascinating Psychology of Emotional Release
Knowing how our nervous systems work can help guide what we do—and don’t do—when people [...]
10 Amazing Discoveries You Missed This Week
From hidden terrorist messages in porn, to smog-eating buildings, to dolphin coworkers, here are some [...]
MIT Glass Innovation Is Self-Cleaning, Resists Glare VIDEO)
Tomorrow’s world looks a bit brighter with MIT’s new self-cleaning glass that is able to [...]
10 Amazing Discoveries You Missed This Week
From medical devices straight out of Star Wars to birds that give Martha Stewart a [...]
5 Fascinating New Uses For Psychedelics
Scientists are looking into various medical and psychiatric uses for psychedelics. Could the taboo be [...]
Meteor Explosion In Nevada Was One Third The Size Of Hiroshima Bomb, Expert Says
Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of northern California were part of a giant [...]
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Religion
How I Left My Evangelical Christian Faith
Lots of people have successfully left their religious faith behind. Here’s what the path out [...]
With High Premarital Sex And Abortions Rates, Evangelicals Say It’s Time To Talk About Sex
The statistics, some evangelicals say, can no longer be ignored. Eighty percent of young evangelicals [...]
Catholic Bishop Who Compared Obama To Hitler ‘Clarifies’ Comment
Last Saturday, Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky delivered a homily in which he claimed that President [...]
Sister Simone Campbell Fires Back At Vatican Criticism
The head of a Catholic lobbying group is fighting back against criticism from the Vatican. [...]
Tennessee opens door to creationism in schools
A law to allow public school teachers to challenge the scientific consensus on issues like [...]
Catholic Church Cuts Funds To Immigrant Group Because It Doesn’t Discriminate Against Gay People
The Roman Catholic Church is cutting off thousands of dollars in aid to a small [...]
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Foregin Policy
Free Trade has Eroded the American Way of Life
Free trade policies have unfortunately become the exception rather than the rule in the United [...]
Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Race to the Bottom
The United States seems to possess the unique ability to hurt its own economy. We [...]
Unethical Predatory Practices Imposed on U.S.
The United States is in open competition with the same countries from which we buy [...]
European Missile Defense Program Coming Under New Scrutiny
Major delays, cost overruns and critical technological problems are plaguing a missile defense system designed [...]
How the Trade Deficit Kills Jobs
While many politicians are now blaming the lack of jobs on the federal budget deficit, [...]
Trade Deal with Korea is Stacked Against Us
Some free trade advocates misleadingly say that free trade deals put us on a level [...]
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World
Apocalypse Fairly Soon
Paul Krugman
I wish I could say that I was optimistic.
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This austerity backlash across Europe could transform Britain
The truth is that the real world has paid the high priests of austerity an [...]
As the Mutiny Spreads, It’s Clear: Europeans Have Had Enough!
Watch Europe tip left and right as voters rise in fury against the austerity menu [...]
European, US Austerity Drive is Suicidal
Joseph Stiglitz.:-: ‘The Occupy movement has been very successful in bringing those ideas to the [...]
German public sector workers to get 6.3% pay rise
German public service employees reached a pay deal following a marathon 40-hour round of negotiations [...]
10 Reasons the Rest of the World Thinks the U.S. Is Nuts
This week the Georgia State Legislature debated a bill in the House, that would make [...]
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Military, War
Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy
more than double that of China, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and Germany COMBINED
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Bob Kerrey: War With Iran Will ‘Make Iraq And Afghanistan Look Like A Cakewalk’
After a dozen years out of Congress, former Senator Bob Kerry (D) launched a bid [...]
The False Debate About Attacking Iran
I WONDER if we in the news media aren’t inadvertently leaving the impression that there [...]
Cameron, Obama Agree: Continue War on Afghanistan
While corporate media have framed the recent massacre of Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier [...]
Retired U.S. Generals Sign Full-Page Ad Opposing ‘War Of Choice With Iran’
The prospect of a high-profile military conflict looms again in the Middle East. National security [...]
More US Soldiers Committed Suicide Than Died in Combat
For the second year (2010) in a row, more US soldiers killed themselves (468) than [...]
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Social Issues
Hundreds of Protesters Head to Chicago Mayor’s House to Oppose Health Clinic Closures
As hundreds of protesters slowly marched to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Ravenswood neighborhood in Chicago, news [...]
The Commencement Address That Won’t Be Given
Robert Reich :-: Members of the Class of 2012, As a former secretary of labor [...]
How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking
the conservative model of critical thinking is horrifically dangerous, because it teaches kids to reject [...]
Indentured Servitude for Seniors: Social Security Garnished for Student Debts
Ellen Brown :-: “The Social Security program…represents our commitment as a society to the belief [...]
The Greediness of Brain Drain
by Ralph Nader :-: The phrase “brain drain” used to mean, in the 1950s and [...]
May Day For the 99%: Resistance Is Fertile
Declaring Tuesday, International Workers’ Day, “a holiday for the 99%,” Occupy is calling for a [...]
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Shut Down the War Marchine!: Thousands in Anti-NATO Rally

Protesters head towards site of NATO negotiations in Chicago, veterans to return medals housands of protesters marched in a sweltering Chicago today from downtown Chicago to near the site of the NATO summit at McCormick Place to call for an end to the NATO war machine. The Coalition Against NATO-G8, which has spearheaded the march [...]
REVEALED: Full List Of ALEC’s Corporate Members

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been under fire lately after the 15 major corporations and organizations pulled their support for the conservative organization, which helps quietly implement corporate-backed legislation in statehouses across the country. Now, the watchdog advocacy group group Common Cause has released a complete list of corporations on ALEC’s task forces. [...]
CNN Is Terrible. Here’s Why.

CNN is terrible. A God-awful, wall-to-wall, epic mess. And now, they have, in their hands, the clearest sign yet of how bad things have actually gotten. This past April, CNN posted its lowest ratings in 10 years. The New York Times’ Brian Stelter recently noted the slim upside, writing, “people tune in to CNN, the [...]
The Stall Has Arrived

Robert Reich :-: The economy has stalled. Friday’s jobs report for April was even more disappointing than March. Employers added only 115,000 new jobs, down from March’s number (the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised the March number upward to 154,000, but that’s still abysmal relative to what’s needed). We need well over 250,000 new jobs [...]
Social security is not going broke

David Cay Johnston — it took in more than it spent last year, added $95 billion to its surplus and lifted 20 million Americans out of poverty
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