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Why Rolling Back Dodd-Frank Won't Benefit Small Businesses

Wall Street is sitting on billions - instead of giving loans to those who need it, the banks use it for speculation and CEO bonuses, says PERI co-director Gerald Epstein.

February 5, 2017
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A neuroscientist explains: the need for ‘empathetic citizens’ - podcast

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What is the neuroscience behind empathy? When do children develop it? And can it be taught?

February 5, 2017
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The 100 best nonfiction books: No 53 – The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (1902)

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This revolutionary work written by Henry James’s less famous brother brought a democratising impulse to the realm of religious belief

February 6, 2017
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Donald J. Trump and the Deep State, Part 1

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When the uninitiated think of the “Deep State,” they tend to imagine a group of men getting together in a room, smoking cigars and plotting world domination. But the Deep State

February 6, 2017
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Does Donald Trump Think Frederick Douglass is Alive? Douglass's Great-Great-Great-Grandson Clarifies

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The good news is that President Donald Trump opened Black History Month by mentioning the renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The bad news is he doesn’t seem to realize he’s dead. Speaking at

February 3, 2017
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Yemen: Jeremy Scahill & Advocates Question "Success" of Trump Raid That Killed 24 Civilians

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Questions are mounting about the first covert counterterrorism operation approved by President Donald Trump. Authorities say it was a success. The Pentagon now acknowledges that civilians were killed Sunday when members of

February 3, 2017
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Why Rolling Back Dodd-Frank Won't Benefit Small Businesses

A neuroscientist explains: the need for ‘empathetic citizens’ - podcast

The 100 best nonfiction books: No 53 – The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (1902)

Donald J. Trump and the Deep State, Part 1

Does Donald Trump Think Frederick Douglass is Alive? Douglass's Great-Great-Great-Grandson Clarifies

Yemen: Jeremy Scahill & Advocates Question "Success" of Trump Raid That Killed 24 Civilians

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