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America’s Real Occupiers
Public officials who remove themselves and their families from the community they govern.
David Sirota
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Recognizing the ‘Unpeople’
From Africa to the Middle East to the United States, the unmentioned continue to suffer.
Noam Chomsky
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Commemorating Our Soon-to-Be Lost Vernacular
What words and phrases will end up as relics of the past?
David Sirota
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Occupy the Electoral Process
It would be a mistake for members of the Occupy movement to ignore the 2012 elections.
Liz Novak
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The Lonesome Death of Josh Dylan Pfenning
A man who is unhoused kills himself at an Occupy encampment, underscoring America's widening chasms.
Terry J. Allen
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‘Tis The Season of Fake Outrage
Every year, the right wing inevitably decries the nonexistent 'War on Christmas.'
David Sirota
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Banana Republicans’ Assault on Democracy
Why does America's highest-ranking GOP politician oppose scrapping the electoral college?
David Sirota
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The Lowlights of 2011’s ‘War on Women’
With a new Congress in office, battles over reproductive healthcare access came back with a vengeance.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Class Consciousness Is Back
Once you notice inequality, you can't escape the realities of class in America.
Susan J. Douglas
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Steve Forbes: The GOP’s Man in 2012
The Republican Party’s awkward flat-taxing farce has the last laugh.
Theo Anderson
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What’s Next for the Occupy Movement?
There is much to celebrate, even as the tents come down. But it's time for new strategies.
Marilyn Katz
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Why Conservatives Can’t Fix Poverty
Newt Gingrich's new idea offers a stark reminder.
James Thindwa
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What Real Education Reform Looks Like
New reports underscore what should be obvious: Poverty and punitive funding formulas drive America's education problems.
David Sirota
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Marching Off the Cliff
The world wants UN climate talks in Durban to succeed, but U.S. intransigence blocks the way forward.
Noam Chomsky
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Celebrating the End of Kids’ Wall Street Dreams
The number of young people in finance-related fields is falling—and that's not a bad thing.
David Sirota
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Assassinating the Rule of Law
President Obama has carried on where former President George W. Bush left off.
Leonard C. Goodman
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CIA Boosts Vaccination Conspiracies
The agency's public health ruse to confirm Bin Laden's whereabouts caused collateral damage.
Terry J. Allen
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Anger Sowing Seeds of a New Consumer Movement
A new study suggests consumer rage against businesses is at an all-time high.
David Sirota
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The Paradigm Shifts
Occupy protests have focused the nation's attention on inequality. But how can this movement be sustained?
James Thindwa
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Why Income Inequality Suddenly Matters
Americans are tired of watching the rich getting richer while the dream of upward mobility becomes a joke.
David Sirota
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Occupy the Press
Despite the media's atrocious coverage, the Occupy protests have clearly changed the nation's conversation.
Susan J. Douglas
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Let’s Talk Democratic Socialism, Already
After 30 years of failed neoliberalism, we need a real alternative.
Maria Svart
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Occupy The Future
The Occupy movement is an unprecedented opportunity to overcome America's current hopelessness.
Noam Chomsky
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TV That Finally Lifts Journalism Back ‘Up’
Up With Chris Hayes purposely rejects the manufactured red-versus-blue mallet that bludgeons every issue into partisan terms.
David Sirota
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