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07 August 2012
Extreme economic inequality harms the U.S.
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Joe Sommer
Introduction

Some state and local officials are blaming their governments’ budget problems on the compensation and benefits of public employees. They say they can no longer afford to pay what they allege is excessive...
06 August 2012
Whatever happened to the solar panels?
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Christopher Bifani
Has it really been a third of a century since President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House roof? Has it really been over a quarter century since President Ronald Reagan yanked them down?

Yes and you betcha...
06 August 2012
Sanctions: Diplomacy’s weapon of mass murder
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Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
In 1945, the United States of America dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagaski immediately killing 120,000 civilians. The final death toll of the horrendous bombings has been conservatively estimated at well over...
06 August 2012
Beyond the two-state solution
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David Swanson
Fast forward to 2048. The world is greatly changed, and in this year China invades France, occupying Paris and a good portion of the nation. The French are massacred, evicted, raped, chased, and terrorized. Towns are destroyed. Every...
03 August 2012
Community in the Crosshairs
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Robert Koehler
We wrecked Iraq, we pulled out, we redeployed in Anaheim.

This ain’t working, guys — I mean, firing rubber bullets into anguished crowds, siccing attack dogs on moms and children. I mean, inventing enemies, going to war,...
01 August 2012
Defender of Democracy -- In Memoriam: Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
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Bob Fitrakis
With the passing of Gore Vidal, we should honor his memory by reading his most historically significant work: his introduction to U.S. Congressman John Conyers' report on the 2004 election entitled, "What Went Wrong in Ohio: The Conyers...

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