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Has America Always Been a Greedy Empire?

Jada Thacker, Consortium News. May 22, 2012.

That the United States is “a global force” has been an undeniable, historical fact since before our founding as a nation.

How Organized Labor Helped Win Marriage Equality in Maryland and Washington--And What We Can Learn

James Cersonsky, AlterNet. April 15, 2012.

The labor and LGBT rights movements are natural allies, and have won some key victories working together.

I Had to Tell the Truth About Iraq--Even Though it Cost Me My Career

Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com. April 8, 2012.

Given what we left behind in Iraq, it remains beyond anyone, even the nasty men who started the war in 2003, to claim victory or accomplishment or achievement there.

Are We Really Creating More Green Jobs? Survey Says: Yes

Maria Gallucci, Inside Climate News. March 28, 2012.

Leaders on the Pacific Coast find over 500,000 green jobs -- and predict that number will double by 2020.

10 Most Obscene Lifestyles Choices of America's 1% Elite

David Sirota, Salon. March 21, 2012.

Complaining about having to do their own dishes, or bragging about $800,000 car garages, the 1 percenters are all but screaming “let them eat cake” from the ramparts.

When Will U.S. Drug Policy Heed Leaders' Calls for Legalization? Biden Visits Latin America

Tony Newman, AlterNet. March 5, 2012.

American citizens and Latin American leaders alike are warming up to legalization, but our leaders in Washington are not participating in this side of the drug policy debate.

Washington DC: Staging Ground for Ending Legal Access to Abortion?

Robin Marty, Jessica Mason Pieklo, AlterNet. February 27, 2012.

An attack on DC's women is also a stealth attack on abortion rights for the whole nation.

Washington State Voters Now Have the Power to Legalize Marijuana -- But Will They?

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 13, 2012.

If the bill passes, Washington will be the first state to legalize the possession and commerce of marijuana, sending the state on a collision course with the federal government.

US Empire Is Changing its Stripes: Drones, Special Operations Forces and the US Navy Are Changing the Way We Do War

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. February 5, 2012.

Make no mistake: we’re entering a new world of military planning. It won't make the Pentagon smaller, but it will change the nature of empire.

Occupy DC Forcefully Evicted, Protesters Injured, Arrested, Under Pressure from Congress's Richest Member

Jefferson Morley, Salon. February 5, 2012.

What had started as a politically-tinged eviction of an entirely peaceful encampment had suddenly turned into an aggressive display of force by the National Park Police officers.

The Future of Pot: Is Legalization Around the Corner In Colorado and Washington?

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. January 31, 2012.

While Americans are becoming increasingly aware of prohibition's consequences, the legalization movement still has many obstacles to overcome.

'Let’s Stay Together' -- Can Obama’s Charm Offensive Woo Back Disgruntled Progressives?

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. January 23, 2012.

How do we reconcile our need to hold the president accountable with our reaction to this renewed charm offensive?

Legal Pot? Washington Initiative for Marijuana Legalization is Likely to Qualify for November Ballot

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 3, 2012.

With some 350,000 signatures handed in -- enough to account for duplicate and invalid signatures -- the campaign to legalize and regulate pot should make the ballot.

Why (Very White) Iowa and New Hampshire Matter So Much in US Politics

Shani O. Hilton, ColorLines. December 18, 2011.

The two earliest primary states' lack of diversity has an effect on who gets initial attention from the media as the electoral process begins.

The Destructiveness of Remote U.S Wars

William Astore, TomDispatch.com. December 8, 2011.

Here’s an American fact: the 99% are far too remote from our wars of choice and those who fight them. To reclaim the latter, we must end the former.

What It's Like to be a Young, Black, and Transgender Woman in Washington, D.C.

Akiba Solomon, Danielle King, ColorLines. December 5, 2011.

D.C.’s transgender women of color are carrying the heaviest of loads, but violence and terror and discrimination isn’t the sum total of people’s lives.

9 Huge Blows to the Catastrophic War on Drugs -- Will We Have Sane Drug Policy Some Day?

Tony Newman, AlterNet. December 2, 2011.

2011 has been a watershed year for the movement working to end our county’s disastrous war on drugs.

Missouri Approves Marijuana Legalization Initiatives

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 8, 2011.

If the initiative makes the ballot next year, Missouri will join Washington and Colorado in taking the issue before the voters.

How the Austerity Class Rules Washington

Ari Berman, The Nation. October 31, 2011.

Who's in the bipartisan group of Washington elites that focused for so long on deficits while the economy stagnated?

Meet The GOP's Not-So-Super Committee: 6 Members Of Congress Shaping Your Economic Future

Alex Seitz-Wald, deleted , Tanya Somanader, ThinkProgress. August 10, 2011.

One of the caveats of the debt ceiling deal was a 12-member bipartisan committee charged with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction. Here are the six Republicans.

The Budget Battles in DC: A Bunch of Millionaires Scheming to Steal from the Old, the Sick and the Poor

Weldon Berger, BTC News. July 14, 2011.

Boiling the budget battle down to what really matters.

5 WikiLeaks Revelations Exposing the Rapidly Growing Corporatism Dominating American Diplomacy Abroad

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

One of WikiLeaks' greatest achievements has been to expose the exorbitant amount of influence that multinational corporations have over Washington's diplomacy.

How the Big Banks Push Republicans and Sell-Out Dems to Attack Elizabeth Warren (Even as Progressives Push Back)

Ari Berman, The Nation. June 3, 2011.

The big banks will do just about anything to maintain their power and defeat any oversight, and they've declared Elizabeth Warren Enemy Number One.

Why Do We Need Celebrity "Gods" to Rescue Us?

Lewis Lapham, TomDispatch.com. December 12, 2010.

Transposed into the realm of politics, the greater images of celebrity bestow an aura of stability and calm upon a world disfigured by the frown lines of death and time.

Foreclosure Fraud: Wall Street Cheats the Middle Class Again

Mike Lux, AlterNet. October 17, 2010.

Once again the big Wall Street banks are wreaking havoc with our economy in order to come away with outlandish profits at the expense of poor and middle-class people.

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