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By Robert Reich From Robert Reich’s Blog At a conference in London, a Goldman Sachs international adviser, Brian Griffiths, praised inequality. As his company was putting aside $16.7…
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By Bill Press No matter how many more troops he sends into battle, President Obama must understand that this is one war he can't win. No, I'm not talking about the war between…
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By Saul Landau Cuba has placed a resolution before the UN General Assembly on the Necessity to Put an End to the U.S. Economic, Financial and Commercial Blockade of Cuba. The Cubans…
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With a new film, the Yes Men carry forth their gonzo brand of anti-corporate activism. By Mark Engler Over the past ten years, the Yes Men have emerged as an infamously daring and…
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By Bill Press For a while, after they got trounced in the last election, it was hard to figure out what the Republican Party stood for. They were floundering around without direction.…
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By Greg Palast From Truthout.org Tell me where it hurts, Mr. President. What's killing you, Barack, is what's killing us all: an evil germ called "Medical Loss Ratio." "Medical Loss…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com The right wing in the United States took a perverse glee at the early elimination of Chicago as the site of the 2016 Olympic Games. They laughed and…
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A late September morning with Fidel (Final Part) ‘Consumerism can’t coexist with planetary survival’ By Saul Landau After Fidel Castro’s abdominal surgery in the summer of 2006,…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. O.K., maybe not literally the worst, but definitely bad. And the contrast between the…
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By Mark Weisbrot From the Sacramento Bee President Obama is coming under attack from the Right for his reluctance to grant the request of General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S.…
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