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Unconstitutional Searches and an Unaccountable Government
The U.S. border may be the next battleground for press freedom.
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Crazy Like Foxes
One of the major misunderstandings of this budget mess is that it's about Republicans just running around willy-nilly screaming “nonononono” like toddlers having a temper tantrum. I know it …
Five Ways the Government Shutdown Hurts Women Most
Despite Republicans insistance that Democrats are “focused on birth control and sex rather than making sure the government doesn't shut down,” it's becoming clear that women will be harmed …
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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.