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Australia’s Tea Party Crashes and Burns
Angry voters have hit back at the Australian Liberal Party's doctrinaire adoption of brutal right-wing policies.
Why Isn’t Sen. Kirk’s “Chicago Will Become Detroit” Threat National News?
Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk plainly threatened the people of Chicago.
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Victimwashing: Guns, Violence and the Politics of Whose Lives Matter
Institutionally sanctioned sexual violence is why victims are often hesitant to report crimes committed against them.
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Prescribed Burn at Former Nuclear Weapons Plant Stirs Public Concerns
Despite the possible spread of plutonium contamination at a wildlife refuge, the US government may use controlled burning in the future.
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Ghost Town Left in the Wake of the Bayou Corne Sinkhole in Louisiana
Battles are taking place across the country in places where governments have tightened ordinances against fracking or banned it outright.
The ECB’s Noose Around Greece: How Central Banks Harness Governments
They all lend money they don't have.
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Meet Three of President Obama’s Newest National Monuments
President Obama said that he planned to use his authority to create more protected lands. He did just that.
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The Erasure of US History Starts in Texas
When Texas state legislators scrapped the national history curriculum of the Advanced Placement program, it was part of a broader campaign of historical revisionism.
A Blueprint for Ending War
We are confident that viable alternatives to war can and will be constructed.
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Republicans Ignore the Message of Selma
Republicans didn't exactly rise to the occasion.