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FEMA sends out 83,000 collection notices
The Federal Emergency Management Agency—the agency that is designated to assist people in recovering from disaster—recently mailed out 83,000 debt…
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Congress, administration approve indefinite military detention of US citizens
Some language in a recently approved law could be interpreted as authorizing extreme forms of repression against a wide range…
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Once again: house burns while fire department watches
In a scene reminiscent of one last year, Tennessee firefighters stood by and watched as a family’s home burned to…
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Labor, Occupy activists march on K Street lobbyists
Over 1,000 community, labor and occupy movement activists marched together Dec. 7 on K Street, the infamous center of corporate…
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‘Super committee’ admits defeat
The so-called congressional “super committee,” charged with finding ways to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10…
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Two million jobless workers no longer eligible for unemployment
For as many as 2 million unemployed people, extending benefits to 99 weeks is irrelevant, because they are no longer…
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‘Super committee’ plots to hide cost-of-living increases
A bipartisan Congressional “super committee” may adopt a new way to calculate the Consumer Price Index, artificially lowering cost-of-living increases…
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U.S. capitalism and the electoral sham
There is a reason for that: In the United States, the 1% of bankers and billionaires own and control everything,…
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How the U.S. war machine defends the 1%
How can a tiny group of elite maintain themselves in power, not only as the rulers of the United States…
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Cómo la maquinaria bélica de EE.UU. defiende al 1%
El ejército, el FBI, la CIA, la policía, la patrulla fronteriza, los tribunales y las prisiones —el poder armado del…
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