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Why Is the Tea Party Teaming Up With the Sierra Club?
This may seem strange to progressives, but it's actually indicative of a larger shift in the conservative movement.
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Why Congress’s Gridlock Doesn’t Paralyze Government but Gridlocks Democracy
Just because the legislature has ceased to function doesn't mean our government has. Political decision making has moved to peripheral public entities, where power is exercised less transparently and …
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Get Radio-Active
Thousands of low-power radio broadcast licenses will be up for grabs by non-profit, community groups this October.
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New York Promised Help for Mentally Ill Inmates – but Still Sticks Many in Solitary
Since protections were first added to protect inmates with mental illness in solitary confinement, the number of inmates diagnosed with severe mental illness has dropped.
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Why Are SWAT Teams Answering Routine Police Calls?
The use of SWAT teams for routine law enforcement matters has been on the rise.
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A Lack of Spine on Egypt
Eugene Robinson: Obama should speak the truth and cut off military aid.
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Chris Hedges | Murdering the Wretched of the Earth
Chris Hedges: Our enemy is not radical Islam. It is global capitalism.
Girls w/ Pens, Meet Ladydrawers
In this interview, the Ladydrawers talk about gender and racial bias in the comic-book world and their new documentary film.
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Money and the Corporate Media Are Gagging Democracy
“This the truth of [election] 2012: money beat money,” write John Nichols and Robert McChesney.
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Will Washington, D.C. Be Named “Reaganville?”
Itu2019s easier to abolish women and to send illegal immigrants to the moon than it is to improve our nation, at least for Republicans.