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Ten New Years Resolutions for the Obama Administration
The State of Opportunity —
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In 2010 :5 hours ago -
Move your money!
shopyield.com —
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Three cheers for Arrianna Huffington, political strategist Alexis McGill, filmmaker/author Eugene Jarecki, and Nick Penniman of the HuffPost Investigative Fund… for this great campaign to encourage everyone to move their banking to local banks and credit unions … From HuffPo — “The idea is simple: If ...8 hours ago -
Time to make big changes with air travel
OntheWilderSide —
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It is amazing, the narrow box which elected officials, security officials, and the media use to evaluate what should be the response to a terrorist nearly blowing up another airplane. It is mystifying that when such a big, dangerous, longstanding problem exists, they all still return to the most simple problem solving ...1 day ago -
Morgan Freeman: The Power of Words
OntheWilderSide —
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http://amnestyusa.org/wordsAmnesty International supporters have used the power of words to demand freedom and justice for countless human rights defenders around the world. Our words are proof that you stand up for human rights, you never stand alone.2 days ago -
Santa Barbara Finally Pulls Up Short
Wade Rathke: Chief Organizer Blog —
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Quepos It was an extra present under the palm tree to read in the pre-dawn that Santa Barbara Bank & Trust was being pulled out of the business of factoring RALs, predatory refund anticipation loan for Jackson & Hewitt and other companies in the viciously competitive tax services market ...3 days ago -
Spurred by Sean Bell case, NYCLU forces NYPD to release Race Data of People Shot At
OntheWilderSide —
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A State Supreme Court judge has ordered the NYPD to turn over to the New York Civil Liberties Union data concerning the race of all people who were shot at by police officers between 1997 and 2006.The NYCLU launched a concerted effort to obtain information on police shootings after NYPD officers shot and killed an ...6 days ago -
Klimaforum09 (..and COP15)
N e x t N o w Collaboratory —
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NextNow Collab is a partner of the WorldShift Alliance , and participated in the 2009 Great Shift Gathering in France. Among the “transactivists” we met (those of us who choose to transcend and include differing perspectives in their activism, rather than operate from the traditional “us v. them” ...1 week ago -
Green Party of New York Decries Senate Health Care Sellout
Green Party New York —
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Tim Wise on state rights, slavery and white privilege
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
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First of all, where has Tim Wise been all my life? I cant get enough of this mans speeches. Even when I am not 100% in agreement with his theorical framework, the lucidity and simplicity of his exposition is an amazing breath of fresh air over a rather complex and sometimes stale discussions around race, class, ...1 week ago -
Obama Establishes Copenhagen Accord, But We’re Not Done Yet
Think Progress —
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Shortly before leaving Copenhagen yesterday, President Obama announced that he had succeeded in finalizing the text of an interim political agreement, the Copenhagen Accord , with the cooperation of a surprising array of parties from the developing world, including leaders from Brazil, South Africa, India, and ...1 week ago -
An Alternative to the Income Tax
Washblog - Diaries —
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One option to an income tax that has good fundamentals economically is a reform of the broken B&O.; A simple deduction could change and simplify the B&O; to tax value added instead of gross receipts. I am tempted to try to get everything out at once, because there is so much room for misunderstanding and ...1 week ago -
Hospital cleaners worth more to society than City bankers, says new nef research
OntheWilderSide —
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New method calculates social value of different jobs: think-tank advocates a fundamental rethink of how the value of work is recognised and rewarded.The research reveals that overall:Elite City bankers (earning £1 million-plus bonuses) destroy £7 of value for every £1 they create.Hospital cleaners create over £10 ...1 week ago -
A Postcard from Copenhagen
myMADRE —
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Last weekend, women farmers from Africa and Latin America gave President Obama a message that he cant afford to ignore. In a letter delivered to the president and U.S. negotiators in Copenhagen ,the women argued that the poorest, most disenfranchised people in theworld hold the key to resolving the biggest global ...1 week ago -
Olbermann on the healthcare travesty
Principled Profit —
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Spend 12 minutes listening to the best commentary I’ve heard on the healthcare mess, from MS-NBC’s Keith Olbermann . He is the only other person I’ve heard advocating my viewpoint: that since compromise isn’t working anyway, since the right-wing nutters will call you a socialist no matter what you do, you ...1 week ago -
Greenpeace Protesters Declare U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Headquarters A ‘Climate Crime Scene’
Think Progress —
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As ThinkProgress has documented, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been standing in the way of bold and ambitious action to mitigate the effects of climate change. The business federation has repeatedly questioned the science of global warming and opposed cap and trade, causing numerous companies to leave the ...1 week ago -
Speaker Stumbo: "Im willing to do whatever it takes.”
KFTC Blog —
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It might finally be the dawn of a new day in Frankfort. Speaker Stumbo is sa ying that now is the time for comprehensive tax reforms. Noting that only 12 of every 100 students in Kentucky who enter the ninth grade graduate from college, Stumbo pointed to the need for revenue reforms. “I think the debate ...1 week ago -
Legendary Lawyer Doris Brin Walker Dies; Represented Angela Davis, Smith Act Defendants
OntheWilderSide —
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By Marjorie Cohn Doris “Dobby” Brin Walker, the first woman president of the National Lawyers Guild, died on August 13 at the age of 90. Doris was a brilliant lawyer and a tenacious defender of human rights. The only woman in her University of California Berkeley law school class, Doris defied the odds throughout ...1 week ago -
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Slams Down Right-Wing Call For An Immigration Moratorium
Think Progress —
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Last week, Politico featured a piece by right-wing pundit Pat Buchanan suggesting that rather than talking about a second stimulus package, tax credits, or public works projects, lawmakers should be seriously considering an immigration moratorium during these hard economic times. A few days later, former Rep. ...1 week ago -
NYCLU Sues New York City over Retaliatory Arrest of Critic of Staten Island Borough President
OntheWilderSide —
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The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against New York City and two police officers on behalf of a local environmental advocate who was targeted by police and unlawfully arrested last summer in retaliation for publicly criticizing Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro’s economic ...1 week ago -
McCain Introduces Legislation To Repeal The Financial Disaster Created By His Friend Phil Gramm
Think Progress —
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Today, Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced legislation to reinstate the firewall between commercial and investment banks . “We need to rebuild the wall of Glass-Steagall so banks will stop diverting resources to Wall Street speculation and get back to more business lending to main ...1 week ago
