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“One of the most pronounced effects of Neo liberalism is to create wealth inequality within national borders and between states. Within a decade of adopting free market policies, the class divide in the US and UK became significant.” Professor G. William Domhoff. UC @ Santa Cruz. It i...
“This film is more than an entertaining depiction of the Yes Men’s latest satirical interventions – its heart lies in what it means to fight for positive change as an individual and as a larger social movement. The film ends with an urgent call to action, offering viewers a tangible, ...
We have the great honor of nominating Private First Class Bradley Manning for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Manning is a soldier in the United States army who stands accused of releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The leaked documents poin...
Last week when I was in Brooklyn I encountered the most excellent recycled lamp shade creation ever. Innovative New York based artist and designer, Sabina Batelman , has constructed colorful translucent lamp shades from old 35mm film slides. It is a lamp shade and a slide show simulta...
Department of Health & Human Services is trying to get the word out that the Affordable Care Act now ensures free preventive health care services for 86 million people with private health insurance and Medicare. Free preventive health services are one of the best weapons that we have ...
Although the United States had been actively waging a very expensive and deadly war in Iraq for several years when this survey was conducted, only a small percentage of the respondents could even locate that nation on the map. I recently came across this information on Juan Cole’s web...
…such as bank account balances, savings, and real estate, minus total liabilities, such as mortgages, credit card and other debt, and outstanding medical bills. Wages and income are important measures of economic well-being, but wealth offers another valuable perspective on families’ ...
Not quite Scotland’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2025 , but still a highly ambitious one (relative to other countries), Denmark’s newest renewable energy target proposals aim to have wind supplying it with half of its electricity by 2020, and renewable energy supplying it with AL...
