A Renewed Discourse on Inequality Jed Morey, Truthout: Corporate personhood and the civil and criminal protections it affords, accompanied by the ability to craft legislation and pour unlimited funds into the political process, exacerbate inequality and destroy principles. Read the Article Forty Koch Brothers Donors Exposed After Document Left at Hotel by Mistake Is Leaked Jodie Gummow, AlterNet: A new document providing rare insight into the political machine of the Koch brothers has surfaced - revealing the names of up to 40 donors, as well as senior Koch officials. Read the Article Scarred by War, Exploited in Peace: Review of Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Mary Cronk Farrell's new book, Pure Grit, tells the story of 79 white female American nurses who were captured by the Japanese during World War II and held as prisoners. Read the Review Beyond Keystone XL: Eight Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change Michael Northrop, Yes! Magazine: Recent signs that Barack Obama may approve the Keystone XL pipeline have some environmentalists feeling down about the future of the climate. But huge and positive changes are quietly taking place. Read the Article Missing the Marx: On Intellectual Failure and Environmental Catastrophe Paul Street, ZNet: Getting radical anti-capitalist ideas wrong and ignoring those ideas completely are timeworn traditions for US intellectuals. Paul Street analyzes two books that he says misrepresent these radical ideas. Read the Article Tipping the Scales of Inequality Marjorie Elizabeth Wood, OtherWords: Stagnating wages for tipped workers is part of a bigger story of rising inequality in America. Read the Article Sharing the Struggle: Three Ways Environmental and Economic Activism Overlap Kevin Mathews, Care2: The pursuit of economic justice IS the pursuit of environmental justice. Each movement could stand to benefit from uniting their causes due to these three profound links. Read the Article Rising Inequality: Economic Recovery Driven Almost Entirely by the Rich Gaius Publius, America Blog: The top 20 percent of income earners now account for more than 60 percent of all consumption in the US. Do the rich really need the rest of us? If by "us" you mean middle-class Americans, the answer is likely, "No, not anymore." Read the Article Digital Underground Believed to Be Behind Attack on Target Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune: Although Target's breach remains under cloaked investigation with no official results, a security intelligence firm says it is following a ring of nine people dealing in access to hacked point-of-sale terminals. Read the Article Heads of Killing, Lying and Spying Under Fire at Senate Intelligence Hearing Cayman Kai, CodePink: In the midst of bipartisan bashing of Edward Snowden in a Senate intelligence hearing on January 29, some stood up for truth in the face of repeated lies and evasion from intelligence chiefs. Read the Article Greg Palast | SAC Billionaire Steven Cohen Can't Make His Mommy's Monkey Jump Greg Palast, Truthout: Last Thursday, a federal jury found Mathew Martoma guilty of insider trading. Martoma's boss is Steven A. Cohen, worth about $9 billion, who directs a criminal enterprise masquerading as a hedge fund called SAC Capital. Read the Update This week in Speakout: Victor Grossman discusses the Seegers' visit to then-East Germany; Ahmed R. Teleb suggests how much easier it is even for progressive media to vilify sports team owners than to question society's complicity in sports abuses; Nemat Sadat talks about the whirlwind created in Afghanistan by his coming out; Evelyn Galindo-Doucette argues the relevance of El Salvador's elections to US Americans; Ed Kinane of the "Hancock 17" deplores drone terrorism in his closing statement at trial; Laura Finley reviews some of the cultural peculiarities of her adopted home-state, Florida; Popular Resistance describes how to fight back against the NSA on February 11; and more. Read the Articles |
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