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Standard Operating Procedure: Forget Obama’s Latest, In Order to Move Forward, Look to Guantánamo
President Obama started his first term with enormous expectations from the electorate. After eight years of President Bush, America was ready to exit the neo-conservative policy and worldview. Reality …
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How Not to Wage War
The recent NSA revelations of widespread surveillance on American citizens should be cause for intense protest. Surely it will be, as a day of nationwide mass action to restore …
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Turkish Protests Are Part of a Global Revolution
In this Acronym TV report, host Dennis Trainor, Jr speaks with Selin, a 19 year-old female resident of Isthanbul, who recounts the physical and physiological abuse she endured after …
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OK Woman Politely Declines to Thank the Lord; Atheists Unite
As comedian Doug Stanhope watched CNN's Wolf Blitzer insinuate that Rebecca Vitsmun must thank the Lord for saving her life, he jumped off the couch, high-fiving himself when she …
The Momentous Confrontation in Turkey
In the conflict between the Turkish government and protesters, the outcome is still unclear.
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The Case for No GMO Patents
The June 13, 2013, Supreme Court decision that human genes are not patentable should logically be the first step in reversing three decades of decisions that flouted the previously …
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New “Pirates” Report on Corporate Tax Havens
New report exposed the millions of dollars corporations are hiding in offshore tax havens.
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Could Texas Be Turning Blue?
Hints that Hilary Clinton might run for office in 2016 has started rumors that Texas might become a battleground state.
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Edward Snowden: Profile in Courage
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who exposed the NSA's domestic surveillance plot, might become one of the most important people is US history.
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Rios Montt and Arpaio: Where Impunity Reigns
What themes tie together the stories of Guatemala's former dictator Rios Montt and of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona?