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U.S. escalates hostility vs. North Korea: False charges on human rights
The long-term belligerence of the United States and its imperialist partners in Europe and Japan, acting continuously with hostility against…
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Minimum-wage victories: Promising signs of a growing activist movement
Votes to raise the state minimum wages in Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and Nebraska ended in huge victories as the…
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Republicans take the Senate: Behind the election results
The Republicans have taken control of the Senate with a resounding victory over the Democrats in most key races of…
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Significance of 35th anniversary of US-Iran hostage crisis
Prior to that event, the Iranian provisional government, led by Mehdi Bazargan, had been attempting to re-establish good relations with…
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Federal Reserve seeks return to ‘normalcy’
A “return to normalcy,” a return to the way of life before World War I, was U.S. presidential candidate Warren…
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Most expensive homes in NYC: Empty
The way U.S. society is organized has produced some almost unbelievable realities. The housing situation in New York City is…
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Ebola, imperialism and racism
To understand the political dynamics of the burgeoning Ebola epidemic, it is necessary to see the crisis in the context…
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UN vote on blockade: 188 for Cuba, only U.S., Israel against
It is an outrage that Cuba, with hundreds of doctors and nurses in western Africa and tens of thousands worldwide,…
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Venezuela does breast cancer awareness right
Venezuela recently held a “Breast Cancer Prevention Day” that puts the U.S. pinkwashed “awareness month” to shame. On Oct. 19,…
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Rich getting richer, everyone else getting poorer
A new paper by two economics professors shows once again how inequality has grown in the United States. According to…
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