We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Wildcat Winter: How the Walmart Labor Struggle is Going Global
The 2.1 million Walmart workers constitute the third-largest workforce in the world, following the U.S. Department of Defense and the People’s Liberation Army of China. And they are revolting.
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The Roadmap: Six Issues that America Needs to Solve
Here are a half dozen issues of primary importance to America's future that must be solved: Campaign Finance, the Revolving Door, the Consolidation of Media, Gerrymandering, Election Fraud and Open Debates.
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TSA to Remove Harmful, Invasive X-Ray Body Scanners from Airports
The TSA glossed over the cancer risk posed by even the low doses of radiation emitted by X-ray scanners, while the FDA went against its own advisory panel that recommended a federal safety standard for the machines.
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Report: Andean Glaciers Melting at "Unprecedented" Rates
Climate change has shrunk Andean glaciers between 30 and 50 percent since the 1970s and could melt many of them away altogether in coming years, according to a study published on Tuesday in the journal Cryosphere.
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Graduated and Living with Mom and Dad: An Infographic
Reasons to move back home after college.
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How Dangerous Has the NSA Become?
We think we're protected by the First and the Fourth Amendments. But we are spied upon to a stunning degree, with the U.S. government intercepting a reported 1.7 billion messages a day from American citizens.
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The Trillion Dollar Coin: What You Really Need to Know
The floating of the trillion-dollar coin has inadvertently opened up a window not just to reform, but to transform our monetary system: if the U.S. government can issue its own interest free money, why borrow at interest instead?
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The Implosion of the GOP and the Rise of Third Parties
It’s time for fresh faces and fresh ideas in the stuffy chambers of Congress, and this decade will mark the rise of third parties to hold true political power at the highest levels of government.
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"Petcoke" from Tar Sands Warms Climate More Than Coal
Environmental groups last week released a study that found refining tar sands will create 5 billion tons of burnable petroleum coke, or petcoke, which emits more CO2 than coal.
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How to Cut Megabanks Down to Size
A member of the Federal Reserve Board argued last week that megabanks not only threaten taxpayers with bailouts and should be broken up, but their continuing failure to lend is also thwarting the economy.
