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Guantanamo Hunger Strike “Potentially Life-Threatening,” Attorneys Allege in Letter to Prison Officials
The prisoners, many of whom have been cleared for release, refused food when guards started to seize their personal items, such as books, family photos, letters and legal mail.
The Lowdown in Portlandia: Austerity Versus a People’s Budget
Portlandu2019s Mayor Charlie Hales has announced that there is a $25 u2013 $40 million hole in the cityu2019s budget.
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We’re All Women Workers Now: How the Floor of the Economy Has Dropped for Everyone
The jobs currently held by all workers are beginning to look more like stereotypical u201cwomenu2019s work.u201d
Fracking Industry Propaganda Battles Science in Obama’s New Energy Pick
MIT's Energy Initiative has received more than $125 million dollars from fossil fuel firms since 2006.
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More to Fear Than Fear Itself: The War on Terror’s War on Human Rights
The US should head the UN human rights rapporteur's demand to release information about CIA programs under Bush.
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If the Dalai Lama Were Pope
The Dalai Lama on a visit to Berlin in May, 2008. (Photo: Jan Michael Ihl)Despite Vatican efforts to keep the public eye focused on pomp and circumstance, speculation about …
Is The “War On Terror” Worth The Price?
As the sequester kicks in, automatic cuts will kick in across the board- including cuts to the defense budget. However, when one considers how completely out of whack our …
Former DEA Heads Urge Justice Department to Block Historic Marijuana Regulation Implementation in Colorado and Washington
For the second time in six months, former DEA heads have collaborated to urge Attorney General Eric Holder to oppose state-level efforts to tax and regulate marijuana. Today, they …
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Parties to Genocide
One would think that that a certain troubled country seeking absolute security from the possibility of a terrorist attack - by trashing its constitution and giving its president the …
Radioactive Metals To Be Used In Forks, Belt Buckles, Other Consumer Goods
The Department of Energy has said they may start allowing radioactive waste metals to be reenter the consumer market. But that's okay, what could possibly be near your belt …