U.S. Imperialism
Eighteen million Americans were “food insecure” in the United States in 2012. The Great Recession has increased the number of Americans who do not have sufficient food by
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September 27, 2013 // 0 Comments
We’ve heard the argument over and over. “Of course we’re in a post-racial society; racism is over; slavery is long gone; the president is black, etc.”
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September 23, 2013 // 0 Comments
When the US congress reconvenes this fall, it is expected to resume deliberations on immigration reform legislation. The House will continue to debate S.744, the bill that
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September 13, 2013 // 0 Comments
A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step
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May 15, 2013 // 0 Comments
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Plutocracy literally means rule by the rich. “Rule” can have various shades of meaning: those who exercise the authority of public office are wealthy; their wealth
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April 2, 2013 // 0 Comments
Representative Don Young (R-Alaska) has never struck me as a particularly smart politician and is prone to committing gaffes and making awkward “Oops” statements. Well,
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April 1, 2013 // 0 Comments
In 2011, Newsweek asked 1,000 Americans to take the standard U.S. Citizenship test, and 38 percent of them failed. One in three couldn’t name the vice-president. A 2009
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March 20, 2013 // 0 Comments
Monsanto has a map for conquering the world and Mexico is in the center of it. For nearly two decades the transnational corporation that manufactures the pesticides used
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February 26, 2013 // 0 Comments
“I hate illegals.” That is what Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) told an 18 year-old undocumented college student who was visiting him during his office hours.
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February 25, 2013 // 0 Comments