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Conservatives Celebrate Shutdown of Government They Hate
Republicans are exercising the one power that the American People have not yet been able to take away from them: the power to destroy.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: We Won’t Be Fooled by Rigged Corporate Trade Agreements
The trade agreement President Obama will be urging this week be passed on a fast track that will not give Congress time to read and study it, the Trans …
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The Big Push: Putting Tar Sands Through Old Oil Pipelines
Rushing to convert older pipelines, oil companies are avoiding lengthy reviews and public scrutiny but bringing tar sands risks.
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Government Shutdown … Brought to You by Citizens United
Republicans, instead of working with Democrats to find a bipartisan middle road for the country, as they have traditionally done, have to compromise with and do the bidding of …
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No Triumph for Austerity
Paul Krugman: “It was, I suppose, predictable that Europe's austerians would claim vindication at the first hint of an economic upturn.”
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Who Are You … My Enemy?
The Enemy Project is a portable art instillation with the intention to bridge the gap between ‘friend and foe,’
The Forgotten War: 12 Years in Afghanistan Down the Memory Hole
Will the US still be meddling in Afghanistan 30 years from now? If history is any guide, the answer is yes.
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Republicans Win Standoff, Shoot Hostages Anyway
In the end, the Republicans won. A majority in Congress, made up of Republicans who understood they'd won and Democrats who feared a government shutdown, would have voted for …
The Dark Side of Consumerism: What Landfills and Nursing Homes Taught These Indian Villagers
Glamorized consumer culture has serious side effects - and to help people in remote Indian villages understand this, one filmmaker brought them to the West. Here's what they thought …
The IRS Scandal That Wasn’t
In reality, this is a story about how bureaucratic bungling was turned into scandal by right wing politicians desperate to spin gold from straw.