All Views Articles for 2013-04-15
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Diane Levin, Christina Asquith As Marketing to Children Intensifies, What Can Society Do? A four-year-old arrives at school and starts crying when she realizes her lunch is packed in a generic plastic bag, not the usual Disney Princess lunchbox she so loves. A friend tells her she won’t... Read more |
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Glenn Greenwald Obama, Guantánamo, and the Enduring National Shame One of the most powerful Op-eds ever published in the NYT, by a Yemeni detainee, underscores the president's role in this travesty Read more |
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Rev. John Dear Hungering for Justice at Guantanamo On Saturday, U.S. military prison guards at Guantanamo fired rubber bullets at prisoners to try and stop their ongoing hunger strike. The prison reaction only exacerbates the situation. Reports... Read more |
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Robert Kuttner The Budget Speech Obama Didn't Give There are two paths to deficit reduction. One is slash and burn. We cut the investments that the country needs. We weaken the purchasing power of seniors. We end up with lower household income, a... Read more |
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Mark Weisbrot Nicolás Maduro is Venezuela's Vote for Chávismo Hugo Chávez's economic policies were successful but a close vote means the new president cannot become complacent Read more |
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Jason Hickel The Truth About Extreme Global Inequality Global inequality is growing in part because of the neoliberal economic policies imposed on developing countries. Read more |
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Paul Buchheit Looking for Cheats in Corporate Tax Filings: A Descent into the Circles of Hell When Dante descended into the Inferno, guided by Virgil, he passed through Circles of Gluttony and Greed, and of Heresy and Fraud and Treachery. Read more |
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Chris Hedges Sweatshops on Wheels WASHINGTON, D.C.—The deterioration of the nation’s public transportation, like the deterioration of health care, education, social services, public utilities, bridges and roads, is part of the... Read more |
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César Chelala Guantánamo Continues To Be a Stain in US’ Reputation “We must be clear about this: the United States is in clear breach not just of its own commitments but also of international laws and standards that it is obliged to uphold,” declared recently Friday... Read more |
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Tom Engelhardt The Enemy-Industrial Complex How to Turn a World Lacking in Enemies into the Most Threatening Place in the Universe Read more |