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U.S. arms sales soar during capitalist economic downturn
According to a recently released Congressional Research Service report, the United States has firmly established itself as the home of…
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One million reasons capitalism has to go
School districts across the country are reporting 75 to 100 percent increases in the number of enrolled schoolchildren experiencing homelessness…
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Outdated federal guidelines obscure rampant U.S. poverty
Outdated poverty guidelines have been used to measure poverty and assess social welfare programs in the United States for the…
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NYC City Council Member Charles Barron: Fire Bloomberg, Hire Frances!
On Saturday, August 29, parents, teachers and education advocates launched the Coalition for Public Education at a convention held at…
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Ted Kennedy and the limits of capitalist democracy
Health care reform is Washington’s hot topic these days. And perhaps no other politician was as prominent an advocate of…
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California ordered to release 40,000 prisoners
On Aug. 4, a panel of federal judges ordered the state of California to reduce its prison population by 40,000…
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Governor halts Boston meetings on planned transit fare increases
On Aug. 10, over 150 people attended the MBTA’s first and only public meeting on the agency’s proposal to raise…
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Obama administration testing new strategy in Afghanistan
For nearly eight years, U.S. troops have been sent to occupy one of the poorest countries on earth—a land that…
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Obama cleans up fewer toxic waste sites than Bush
Everyone knows that former President George W. Bush is no friend of the environment. Under his administration, animal species facing…
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Exclusive: Official inventory of George Jackson’s prison cell library
A listing books of found in George Jackson’s cell following his assassination on Aug. 21, 1971
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