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Why America Can't Balance Its Checkbook |
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Written by Travis Pillow
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Contrary to what most commentators on the left are saying, we needed a federal bailout of Wall Street. Bailing homeowners out of bad mortgages will not solve the bigger problem - the instability created by the debt-industrial complex, which over the past three decades has come to dominate our economy and our politics. |
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Modern Day Slavery |
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Written by Tina Steiger
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Notions of slavery and exploitation usually bring to mind images of pre-Civil War America and economically developing nations. Most people are not aware of the atrocities of slavery and the extreme exploitation of people that still take place today, even right here in Florida. In fact, since 1997, seven separate cases of modern-day slavery have been brought before the Florida Supreme Court.
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The TermiNADER |
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Written by Matthew Clark
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Reader, there’s something I need to tell you. Maybe you should sit down for this. So you know how I’m a left-leaning socialist who believes partisan politics is controlling America? And you remember that time that I told you I was finally registered to vote, after insisting that if voting could change anything it would be illegal? You were so happy because you said voting was all that mattered. Okay, well I’m just going to come out and say it. I voted Nader. |
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Astroturf Activism |
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Written by Kelley Anton
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If you haven’t heard of the Office of Sustainability’s One Less Car Challenge, there’s a simple explanation.
“The hope is to make it grassroots,” explains Office of Sustainability intern Alex Mourant, 19.
In the Office of Sustainability’s words, the mission of the One Less Car Challenge is to “[encourage] students, faculty and staff to pledge to commute by an alternative to single-occupancy vehicle travel on Oct. 17 and as often as possible throughout the semester.”
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A Very Veggie Thanksgiving |
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Written by Melanie Richards
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Thanksgiving is traditionally dominated by dishes that contain meat or animal byproducts, but vegetarians need not fret. With these recipes from vegweb.com, you can cook a full Thanksgiving meal without ever using Tofurkey. |
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