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Poverty Exprt Peter Edelman Explains How Low Wages and Racial Politics Line the Pockets of the Rich
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
To
help America's neediest, we've got to raise tax rates on
corporations and wealthy Americans back to the levels they
paid in 2001. READ MORE»
Boston Bombing Is a Tragedy, But Let's Not
Rush to Blame Muslims or People of Arab
Descent
Steven Rosenfeld,
AlterNet
It's normal to be scared, but
it's worth recalling what happened after 9/11. READ MORE»
American People Fight Obama’s Treacherous
Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Lynn Stuart
Parramore, AlterNet
The attack on our most
basic economic rights may open a new chapter in the
post-crisis narrative. READ MORE»
By Chris Hedges,
Truthdig
These are the worst conditions
for mass transit since the Depression. READ MORE»
Half of Egypt Can't Afford Beans, and the
Only Help the US Sends Is 140,000 Tear Gas
Canisters?
By Spengler, Asia
Times
Egyptians are getting hungry. READ MORE»
Nobel Prize-Winner Joe Stiglitz Blasts
America's 1 Percent-Coddling Tax System
By Yves
Smith, Naked Capitalism
The U.S. stands
out among advanced countries for its highly regressive tax
code. READ MORE»
Why Do We Treat Heroin Addicts Like They
Deserve to Die?
By Eric Sterling,
AlterNet
Blindness to humanity in "the
other" -- the drug-users -- maintains our country's cruel
drug policy. READ MORE»
The Propaganda System That Has Helped Create
a Permanent Overclass Is Over a Century in the
Making
By Andrew Gavin Marshall,
AlterNet
Pulling back the curtain on how
intent the wealthiest Americans have been on establishing a
propaganda tool to subvert democracy READ MORE»
Are Biofuels Really a Boondoggle? The Perils
and Promise of Turning Plants into Gasoline
By
Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
Tea Party
activists, environmentalists and petrolistas now condemn the
industry in equal measure, but is there more to the story? READ MORE»
Adam Lanza Was Bullied While He Attended
Sandy Hook Elementary, Family Member Says
By Katie
McDonough, Salon
The unnamed relative also
alleges that Nancy Lanza considered suing the school for
turning a blind eye to the abuse. READ MORE»
Is an International Cyberwar Imminent? Don't
Bet on It
By Shona Ghosh, Al Jazeera
English
It's right to be nervous of cyber
sabotage operations, but a one-off doesn't necessarily mean
anything. READ
MORE»
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