Boston Bombings: Let's Not Rush to Judge | America's Poor

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Boston Bombings: Let's Not Rush to Judge | America's Poor Left out | 1/2 of Egypt Can't Afford Beans?

Poverty Exprt Peter Edelman Explains How Low Wages and Racial Politics Line the Pockets of the Rich

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet

To help America's neediest, we've got to raise tax rates on corporations and wealthy Americans back to the levels they paid in 2001. READ MORE»

Boston Bombing Is a Tragedy, But Let's Not Rush to Blame Muslims or People of Arab Descent

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

It's normal to be scared, but it's worth recalling what happened after 9/11. READ MORE»

American People Fight Obama’s Treacherous Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet

The attack on our most basic economic rights may open a new chapter in the post-crisis narrative. READ MORE»

Corporate Greed Has Disemboweled America's Public Transportation System, Causing Deadly Accidents All over the Country

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig

These are the worst conditions for mass transit since the Depression. READ MORE»

Half of Egypt Can't Afford Beans, and the Only Help the US Sends Is 140,000 Tear Gas Canisters?

By Spengler, Asia Times

Egyptians are getting hungry. READ MORE»

Nobel Prize-Winner Joe Stiglitz Blasts America's 1 Percent-Coddling Tax System

By Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism

The U.S. stands out among advanced countries for its highly regressive tax code. READ MORE»

Why Do We Treat Heroin Addicts Like They Deserve to Die?

By Eric Sterling, AlterNet

Blindness to humanity in "the other" -- the drug-users -- maintains our country's cruel drug policy. READ MORE»

The Propaganda System That Has Helped Create a Permanent Overclass Is Over a Century in the Making

By Andrew Gavin Marshall, AlterNet

Pulling back the curtain on how intent the wealthiest Americans have been on establishing a propaganda tool to subvert democracy READ MORE»

Are Biofuels Really a Boondoggle? The Perils and Promise of Turning Plants into Gasoline

By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

Tea Party activists, environmentalists and petrolistas now condemn the industry in equal measure, but is there more to the story? READ MORE»

Adam Lanza Was Bullied While He Attended Sandy Hook Elementary, Family Member Says

By Katie McDonough, Salon

The unnamed relative also alleges that Nancy Lanza considered suing the school for turning a blind eye to the abuse. READ MORE»

Is an International Cyberwar Imminent? Don't Bet on It

By Shona Ghosh, Al Jazeera English

It's right to be nervous of cyber sabotage operations, but a one-off doesn't necessarily mean anything. READ MORE»

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