Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Not Too Big To Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street's Worst Nightmare
The former New York Governor, now running for New York City comptroller, has the sort of creative thinking needed if we the people are to take back our power from Wall Street and the corporatocracy.
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Protect Journalists and Whistleblowers: Amend or Repeal the Espionage Act
To treat government employees or contractors who leak classified information to the media in the public interest as foreign spies is a deep stain on our democracy. And it's high time to permanently remove this stain.
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The Case for $15 and a Union for Low Wage Workers
It would be a good business decision for McDonald's and all the other leading fast-food chains to announce that they're doubling workers' pay, because those workers make it possible for such restaurants to remain profitable and successful.
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Spain's Micro-Utopias: The 15M Movement and its Prototypes, Part 1
In this first of a three-part series, we offer a personal inventory of 15M’s prototypes by talking about processes and innovative actions, from method micro-utopia to urban, communications, feminine and collective culture micro-utopias.
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Move to Amend: On the Path to Getting Money Out of Politics
Since 2010, over 300,000 have signed a petition and nearly 500 municipal resolutions and citizen initiatives have passed calling on state and federal governments to adopt an amendment ending corporate “personhood” and “money as speech.”
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Grow Heathrow: A London Eco-Village Is Creating Energy and Food Alternatives
To the west of London, next to Europe's largest airport, a visit to Grow Heathrow shows an eco-village bustling with organic alternatives as U.K. squatters meanwhile block the airport's expansion.
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All Things Are Connected: A Sovereign Indigenous Movement to Heal Mother Earth
It may be time to devolve into the Traditions of Natural Law and begin to seek some answers to the pathology of current governments.
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92-Year-Old Woman Sues North Carolina Over New Wave Of Voter Suppression
Rosanell Eaton, who at 21 became one of the first African Americans in her county to vote, is one of several individuals and civil rights groups suing the state for what may be the most restrictive voting law in the nation.
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Sofia Protesters Reorganize as Bulgarian Parliament Takes Vacation
Bulgaria's parliament has gone on summer recess without responding to nearly two months of daily protests in Sofia, and "while they sit on the beach, we are getting stronger, more organized and we’re planning larger actions for the fall.”
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Glass-Steagall Now: Because the Banks Own Washington
The original Glass Steagall created two distinct types of banks: standard commercial banks where people held checking and savings accounts, and investment banks that were free to engage in whatever risky behavior they liked.