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Two Election Articles; Socialists, Greens and Working Families Party
Socialist candidate, Kshama Sawant has a 1,000 vote lead for a City Council seat in Seattle Washington.
The Working Families Party could have been a viable progressive force, but only if it stayed consistent in its own agenda.
Top 10 Revolutionary Scientific Theories
Science News
Most scientific fields have been made over with a revolutionary theory at least once in recent centuries. Such makeovers, or paradigm shifts, reorder old knowledge into a new framework. Revolutionary theories succeed when the new framework makes it possible to solve problems that stymied the previous intellectual regime. Here are my favorite revolutions. I’m hoping for more before I die.
Stop-and-Frisk: Only 3% of 2.4 Million Result in Conviction
The Guardian
Report by New York attorney general is first detailed examination of policy deemed unconstitutional earlier this year
Memo to Democratic Chicken Littles: The Sky Is Not Falling
The American Prospect
Yes, this is a politically difficult moment for President Obama. But everyone needs to chill out.
Fight for 15 Confidential
In These Times
How did the biggest-ever mobilization of fast-food workers come about, and what is its endgame?
Romneycare lesson: Be patient with Obamacare
Jonathan Gruber, key architect of the Massachusetts health care law talks with Rachel Maddow about the law’s similarities to the Affordable Care Act
There's Somethin' Happenin' Here
Rock group Buffalo Springfield (including Stephen Stills and Neil Young) perform their most influential song, For What It's Worth.
The Evolution of Mars
NASA reconstructs five billiion years of the history of Mars in a breathtaking animation. There were once lakes and blue skies.
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