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Who Are the 1%? You Tell Us.
TweetThe Occupy movement has done more than anything in decades to highlight the corrosive effects of concentrated wealth on our economy and democracy. Indeed, seeing the 99% rise up in such inspirational fashion raises a question: Who exactly are the 1%? Or more specifically, who among them are abusing their power and making life more [...]
Capitalism wants you to hate your body
TweetWe are not born hating our bodies; it is taught to us as we grow up. Capitalism encourages this because our self-loathing is both profitable and vulnerable. The beauty “ideals” of whiteness, thinness, smooth skin, etc. are purposefully unattainable, as they then leave us in a constant state of “imperfection.” However, we would not think [...]
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OCCUPY Your City and Make History
TweetThe Occupy Wall Street protest is a full bore indictment against corporate greed and dysfunctional government. It’s a demand for nation building here at home. People young and old are taking the streets, sleeping in tents, donating pizza, even publishing their own Occupy Wall Street Journal newspaper, to let our government and corporations know that [...]
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There Are Many More Koch Brother Secret Sins (VIDEO)
TweetThe Bloomberg news investigation into Charles and David Koch has uncovered unlawful and unpatriotic environmental crimes, political donations and business decisions benefiting Iran. There are so many secret sins committed by the Koch brothers no one story can cover it all. But this is the story everyone will be talking about. We’ve documented many of [...]
Homosexuality in the Bible: How it happened and why feminists should be concerned.