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How Wall Street Drives Up Gas Prices — Ripping Us Off and Killing Jobs

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

AlterNet / By Les Leopold Next time you fill up your tank, remember that $10 to $25 is going right from your pocket to the financial sector. May 3, 2012 | Gasoline prices have been falling in recent weeks, but … Continue reading →

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The Decline of Public Good

Posted on January 6, 2012 by admin

Robert Reich Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Aftershock’ Meryl Streep’s eery reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady brings to mind Thatcher’s most famous quip, “there is no such thing as ‘society.’” None … Continue reading →

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Will Public Outrage Finally Force the President and the States to Prosecute Outlaw Bankers?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

Richard (RJ) Eskow Consultant, writer and Senior Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future The president has adopted the language of the 99%, and it’s paying off for him. He’s surged from a position slightly behind Mitt Romney in last month’s CNN … Continue reading →

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Moyers: Why ‘We The People’ Must Triumph Over Corporate Power

Posted on December 12, 2011 by admin

Berrett-Koehler Publishers By Bill Moyers Bill Moyers reminds us that repairing American democracy begins with reasserting that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as citizens. December 11, 2011 (Editor’s note: The following is the foreword to Corporations Are … Continue reading →

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