Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Memo from Virginia: Just Saying No to Drones
In the absence of state or federal laws, localities around the United States are proceeding to put unmanned aerial vehicles in our skies as they see fit. In Charlottesville, Virginia, residents hoping to change that.
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Rationalizing Drone Attacks Hits New Low
Should we replace E Pluribus Unum with We Don't Kill as Many Children as Measles?
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Occupy Neoliberalism: Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore
Once people come to see that there is less to lose by acting, they are ready to be mobilized.
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The Tyranny - and Possibilities - of Political Economy
There was a time when we economists steered clear of politics. Then some of us got ambitious.
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The .03% Solution
How a tiny tax on financial transactions could raise revenue and help the capital markets.
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Exposed: Photos Reveal "Daylight" in Faulty Welding on Keystone Pipeline
Members of the Tar Sands Blockade have revealed that they have photographic evidence showing faulty welds inside a mile-long segment of the Keystone XL pipeline currently under construction near Winona, East Texas.
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Across America, the Return of Debtor Prison
Debtor prisons seem to belong in America's past. They don't. Prison time for poor people in debt remains something that is practiced throughout the U.S. despite a 1983 Supreme Court ruling that bans it.
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The Uprising in Slovenia: Europe's Latest Popular Challenge to Austerity and Corruption
After forcing out the mayor of Slovenia's second largest city, crowds have overtaken the streets in the capital Ljubljana in recent weeks demanding an end to austerity and the resignation of the country's prime minister among others.
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New York's Victory Against Big Gas: Frackers, Get Packing
A major battle in America's frack war came to a head in New York this week as opponents of drilling mobilized by the thousands to successfully maintain a 2010 moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
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New York Town is Sued for Banning Fracking Discussion
Environmental groups claim the town of Sanford, N.Y., violated residents' free speech rights by banning talk of natural gas drilling at town meetings.
