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America's ‘Inexcusable’ Indifference to Extreme Poverty -- Frances Fox Piven...

An interview with Frances Fox Piven, a political scientist and activist whose writings on poverty, welfare rights, and protest movements have infuriated the Right.

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New Chart Finds Correlation Between Income Inequality and Union Membership

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Decoding the Political Buzzwords of 2012

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg gives his analysis of this year's top political words.

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Why the Sierra Club Lifted Its Ban on Civil Disobedience to Protest Keystone...

Michael Brune explains why the pipeline pushed the group to break a long-standing tradition.

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Tent Cities Are Cropping Up in the Same Place Where Tech Millionaires Are...

Exposing the striking disparities wealth and poverty in California's Silicon Valley.From BillMoyers.com:California’s Silicon Valley is a microcosm of America’s new extremes of wealth and poverty....

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6 Brave Govt. Whistleblowers Charged Under the Espionage Act by Obama's...

The Espionage Act had only been used three times in its history to try government officials accused of leaking classified information — until the Obama administration came along.The Obama...

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Bill Moyers: 12 Ways You Can Avoid Toxic Chemicals

Lead, flame retardants, and BPA are everywhere, but you can limit your exposure.After watching this week’s interview with Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner, you’ll probably be wondering what you can do...

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