A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found the U.S. suicide rate rose by 25 percent over the past two … Rising Suicide Rates in the United StatesRead more
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The Great Recession: Over But Not Gone?
While the U.S. economy is predicted to take off this year, it also still seems to lie in the shadow of the Great Recession, a … The Great Recession: Over But Not Gone?Read more
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How America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug
Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin. From 1996 to 2002, Purdue pursued nearly every avenue … How America Got Hooked On A Deadly DrugRead more
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Reality Winner accepts guilty plea
In a federal courthouse in Augusta today, former intelligence contractor Reality Winner accepted a plea agreement for a single charge of espionage, in exchange for … Reality Winner accepts guilty pleaRead more
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The Poor in America
Imagine this: every year during the Great Recession of 2007-2009 there were nearly four million home foreclosures. In that period, with job losses mounting, nearly … The Poor in AmericaRead more
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Et Tu, Bernie?
There are two versions of Bernie Sanders. There is the old Bernie Sanders, who mounted a quixotic campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination as a … Et Tu, Bernie?Read more
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From Pinochet To Assange: A Tale Of Two Extraditions
The plethora of crimes committed during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile between 1973 and 1990 were exactly the type of abuse of … From Pinochet To Assange: A Tale Of Two ExtraditionsRead more
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How The War Industry Corrupts The U.S. Congress
Former President Jimmy Carter has called U.S. politics a system of “legalized bribery” in which powerful interests spend billions of dollars on lobbying and campaign … How The War Industry Corrupts The U.S. CongressRead more
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Tulsa’s Race Massacre That History Books Turned Into A Race “Riot”
https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/users/user1368/running_the_negro_greenwood.jpg Lessons from the past: Last week marked the 97th anniversary of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 Race Massacre, wherein mobs of white vigilantes, abetted by complicit … Tulsa’s Race Massacre That History Books Turned Into A Race “Riot”Read more