Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
A review of the best commentary on and around the world... The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern ...
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Forget About Poor Undergrads. Washington Is Really Making a Killing on Grad
This week, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the federal government would earn roughly $127 billion from student lending during the next 10 years. That estimate is down a bit from ...
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World's #1 Herbicide Discovered in U.S. Mothers' Breast Milk
Written by Sustainable Pulse This article originally appeared on GreenMedInfo.com Pilot study shows build-up of glyphosate herbicide in Mothers' bodies Urine testing shows glyphosate levels over 10
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War on the Poor Reaches New Low as Living out of Your Car Becomes Illegal
You might think it criminal that in the world's richest countries, some people are reduced to living out of their cars in a desperate bid to remain off the streets. But I'm fairly certain you ...
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How to Survive an Internet Apocalypse
On a bright Saturday morning earlier this month, about thirty people gathered inside a large, dimly lit warehouse in Chelsea, hunched over smartphones, hand-drawn maps, and computer-networking ...
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Swiss consider welfare overhaul with guaranteed income
TRANSCRIPT JUDY WOODRUFF: Republicans and Democrats are likely to spend much of this midterm election year debating the virtues of the federal government, particularly when it comes to addressing ...
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The UN's Latest Dire Climate Warnings, Visualized
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations group that issues reports on the latest climate science, has put out its latest dire warning for humanity in the Working Group
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We need a new economy
More and more people have come to distrust our economic system. Low wages, job insecurity, underemployment and loss of pensions stress the social fabric. Compounding the effects on our communities ...
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Gar Alperovitz and Michael Albert: A Conversation on Economic Visions
Gar Alperovitz and Michael Albert have been at the forefront of efforts to design and build an economy beyond capitalism for decades - efforts that have become even more relevant in our age of ...