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Nearly Half of Guantanamo Prisoners Now on Hunger Strike
The hunger strike figure rose by 14 prisoners overnight.
Plan B Ruling: Fox and Family Research Council Seize Opportunity to Spread Misinformation
Deconstructing Fox News' and the Family Research Council's misinformation campaign in response to the recent Plan B court ruling allowing girls to obtain the morning after pill without a …
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Mexico Lacks Water to Frack for Shale Gas
Mexico plans to expand shale gas exploration this year, but it could run into a shortage of water, which is essential to fracking.
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The Right – and Wrong – Role for Teachers
Put lawyers, carpenters, baseball players, and surgeons in wrong roles, test them, and a likely conclusion will be that they're not particularly effective. So it is with teachers.
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Time to Demand a Vote to Increase the Minimum Wage
Isaiah J. Poole: This week, the effort to get Congress to act is accelerating.
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Sequester Stalemate Cuts Legal Aid, Child Care, Housing
Sequestration has hit some of the poorest areas of the country the hardest.
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Worker-Owned Cooperatives: Direct Democracy in Action
The cou00adop movement is gaining steam, drawing from new energies and a renewed interest in the model.
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Sixteen Years for Espionage; Life in Jail for Whistleblowing
The government wants to cage for life someone who should instead be thanked, freed, and rewarded for his contribution to an informed American democracy.
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In Case You Missed It: Congress Takes Your Internet Privacy
CISPA is vague about precisely what sort of information will be shared.
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Could Boston Suspects’ Background Impact Immigration Debate in Congress?
Proponents worry the legislation will be doomed the way the 9/11 attacks spoiled efforts to overhaul immigration laws in 2001.