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Oakland Agrees to $4.5 million Settlement for Wounded Occupy Protester
The Marine Corps veteran who suffered brain damage after being shot in the head with a lead-filled beanbag by an Oakland Police Department officer during the 2011 Occupy protests …
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Boston Endangered: Time To Close the Pilgrim Reactor
The 42-year-old Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, only 35 miles from Boston, poses unacceptable threats to human and environmental safety.
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This Statistic Should Shut Down Any Talk of Cutting Social Security
According to a pool, 36 percent of workers have less than $1,000 saved for their retirement.
FEC Lets Chevron Off the Hook for S2.5 Million Super PAC Contribution
The Federal Election Commission FEC was wrong to use the legal distinction between Chevron USA Inc. and Chevron Corporation to dismiss a complaint that Chevron violated the federal pay-to-play …
Michelle Bachelet Returns To Her Old Job, Being President Of Chile
Michelle Bachelet's first term as president of Chile ran from 2006 to 2010. After her term as president ended, she was chosen to head “UN Women,” a newly created …
There’s No Substitute For the Government
There never was a Golden Age of purely voluntary, and what charitable support mechanisms existed were not up to the challenges of the Second Industrial Revolution of the late …
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Egypt’s Security Concerns Compound the Deterioration of the Lives of Civilians of Gaza
It would seem impossible that the lives of the people of Gaza could get worse, but indeed they have.
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Running With Our Hummingbird Named Consuelo
Several years ago, this community was under siege virtually every day and every night and during that time, our community united.
Crimea and Punishment
Russia's brazen annexation of Crimea presents a vexing foreign policy crisis for the Western powers.
Army Makes Case Against Enlisting
Remarkably, the US Army War College has published a report that makes an overwhelming case against enlisting in the US Army.