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How to Democratize the US Economy | The Nation
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New Economy Week | October 12-18, 2013
http://neweconomyweek.org/events/online-interview-gar-alperovitz-redditcom
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Converted Ballistic Missiles Could Launch Aid to Disaster Zones
The best way to send much-needed supplies to isolated communities in the wake of an asteroid impact or other natural disaster may be to launch them atop a converted intercontinental ballistic ...
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International Monetary Fund strongly suggests countries tax the rich to fix
By Agence France-PresseFriday, October 11, 2013 23:03 EDT Tax the rich and better target the multinationals: The IMF has set off shockwaves this week in Washington by suggesting countries fight ...
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Economic Inequality is Real, Personal, Expensive, and it was Created. We'll show
The fact that the United States has become increasingly unequal in terms of income, wages, wealth and opportunity has hit the mainstream and public demands for economic fairness have gone viral. As
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Nestlé: The Global Search For Liquid Gold
http://urbantimes.co/magazine/2013/06/nestle-the-global-search-for-liquid-gold/
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Joe the Plumber Yearns For a "White Republican President"
Joe the Plumber (whose real name is Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher) has been busy since the 2008 presidential election brought him to the national spotlight with a contentious meeting with then-candida...
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Charges Mysteriously Dropped After Girl Raped And Abandoned
9 months before anyone had ever heard the words "Steubenville" and "rape" in the same sentence, a 14 year old girl named Daisy Coleman was brutally raped, filmed, and driven back to her house in Ma...
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Solar system saves school district $492K in first year
A year after finally getting its long-delayed solar power project complete and online, the Sonoma Valley Unified School District saved almost a half-million dollars in electricity costs from Oct. 1
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How a Libertarian Capitalist Became a Libertarian Socialist
A couple years back when I was working toward a philosophy major in college, I wrote a rebuttal on the section of The Anarchist FAQ that covers anarcho-capitalism. I removed the rebuttal from the ...
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Welcome to Commonomics: How to Build Local Economies Strong Enough for Everyone
Chokwe Lumumba was an unlikely candidate for high office in Mississippi. But last June, the former Black Nationalist and one-time attorney to Tupac Shakur was elected Mayor of Jackson. He's now in ...
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Welcome to Commonomics
A new series from YES! Magazine on how we can build local economies that are strong enough to include everyone. Stay tuned for ongoing coverage from our 2013 Local Economies Reporting Fellow, Laura
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Poll: Record demand for third party
Americans have never been more eager for a third party in American politics as the government shutdown continues to generate record levels of frustration, according to a new poll.Sixty percent ...
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Wind turbine blade manufacturer hiring at whirlwind rate
The economies of Grand Forks, N.D., and Little Rock, Ark. are being swept up in a green bonanza. LM Wind Power, a global manufacturer of blades for wind turbines, says it doubled its U.S. workforce
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The More a Society Coerces Its People, the Greater the Chance of Mental Illness
Throughout history, societies have existed with far less coercion than ours. While these societies have had far fewer consumer goods and less of what modernity calls "efficiency," they also have had
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In Ariz., A Solar Plant That Powers 70,000 Homes Day Or Night
Outside Phoenix, Ariz., on Wednesday, a power company turned on one of the largest solar power plants of its kind in the world. But unlike other solar farms, this plant continues giving power to ...
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NSA Releases Court Opinion On 'Unconstitutional' Scooping Of Domestic Emails
The NSA scooped up around 56,000 domestic emails per year 'with no connection to terrorism,' reports the Associated Press. The NSA is declassifying three documents that reportedly show how they made
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Radical Transparency
They lied to us about Mossadegh in Iran. They lied to us about the premise for entering Vietnam. They lied to us about the murder of Allende in Chile, the history of intervention in Haiti and Cuba ...
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New Study: American Women Are Dying Younger Than Their Moms
Despite rapid medical and technological advances aimed at increasing life expectancy, it seems women today are missing out on benefiting from such progress. According to recent studies, the life ...
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Visualizing Occupation: Freedom of movement
Whereas West Bank settlers can travel freely between Israel and the West Bank, Palestinian movement is governed by the Israeli security establishment. This illustration is the fourth in a series of
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Think a New Economy Is Possible? Meet the Man Already Making it Happen
Standing in front of a crowd of hundreds at Oakland, California's Grand Lake Theater, Rob Hopkins shows a picture of a butcher shop in a small town in Northern Ireland. A row of hams hang in the ...
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Constructing "Venezuela" protests: a photo gallery
The polarized politics of Venezuela are again in the news as demonstrations by pro- (see above) and anti-government forces are taking place, with, at this point, four deaths: a government supporter;
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University Park Solar
A great opportunity for individuals to make a difference by becoming a member in future projects NPR's Marketplace Covers Our Story: see the transcript here And WYPR 88.1 FM's Maryland Morning show
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Scientists: 'No Options' To Stop Massive Asteroids On Collision Course
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The French Way Of Cancer Treatment
When my father, the editor and writer Andre Schiffrin, was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer last spring, my family assumed we would care for him in New York. But my parents always spent ...