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Why Is Washington Risking War With Russia?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen The Nation
Kiev's siege of the Donbass, supported by the Obama administration, is escalating an already perilous crisis.

Tidbits - July 31, 2014

Portside
Reader Comments - Gaza, Israel, Palestine and the Jewish Community; Water Privatization; Charlie Haden; McDonald's and Low-wage Workers; Portside Book Reviews; Koch Bros.; Universal Soldier; Argentina; HIV; NSA, spying and Saudi Arabia; Public Education; Market Basket Revolt; Immigration Reform Infographic; new poems by Tom Karlson and Alan Gilbert; Afro-American Artists to Present Works in Cuba; Sinéad O'Connor: 'I Won't Play in Israel'

Atlantic City Workers Stunned As Casino Economy Begins to Crash

Bruce Vail In These Times
Atlantic City needs to diversify its economy away from casinos if it wants to continue attracting large numbers of visitors, union leaders argue in response to announcements of closures. New solutions are needed for workers and the wider community to prevent Atlantic City from again going into decline.

Two Theories of Poverty

Matt Bruenig Demos
There are fundamental differences in the way right-wingers and left-wingers understand poverty.