This 4th of July, Remembering Theodore Dreiser and What "Radically American" Means

Unlike his fiction, Dreiser’s political prose is less well known. But today's conditions of corruption and inequality again, as in his time, demand us to be “radically American”: a term that Dreiser used to describe himself.

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Frackademic Scandal: University of Tennessee to Lease Forest For Drilling, Enriching Governor's Family

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and his industry-connected family stand to gain windfall profits when 8,600 acres of UT-Knoxville's Cumberland Forest gets leased this August to be fracked and drilled.

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Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits

It’s time to talk bluntly about the terrarists of our world: the men who run giant energy companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP and Shell.

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The Fossil Fuel Resistance: A New Movement is Emerging

As the world burns, a new movement to reverse climate change is emerging — fiercely, loudly and right next door.

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We Are the United States of Big Oil

The world's five biggest oil companies made over $60 billion in the first half of this year, and hundreds of millions of that goes right back into undermining clean energy investment.

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Advertising Evil: The Corporate Makeover

The same financial institutions that took down our economy are back, in most blatant advertising sense, telling us how wonderful they are and why we should like them again. By voting with their dollars, Americans may just say no.

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How Oil Companies Spend Their $375 Million In Daily Profits

The five biggest oil companies earned $375 million in profits per day last year – or more than a quarter of a million dollars per minute, more than 96 percent of American households make in a year. So just where, and on what, are they spending those billions?

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