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If You Speak Out, You End Up Here: Hassan Karajeh at Ofer Prison
Forty percent of Palestine's male population is, or has been, imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Lifting the Veil of Mirage Democracy in the United States
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers trace the history and institutions of a not-so-robust US democracy.
How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Permanently
The US could issue its credit directly to fund its own budget, just as our forebears did in the colonies.
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How’s This for a Speech on the Real State of the Union?
Here's what a State of the Union address might sound like if it were truly concerned with the well-being of the whole country and not a privileged and powerful …
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Not Our Founders’ Tea Party
Thom Hartmann: Their tyranny must be defeated now.
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Have/Did We Overcome Electra? Decoding the No-word
There are only a few days to go before the worldwide event One Billion Rising, a campaign launched by Eve Ensler, international gender activist and author of The Vagina …
US Government Found GUILTY Of Murdering Martin Luther King Jr.
File this under “Breaking News That's Actually 13 Years Old.” Read more about it here (or here) and watch a short video on it here.
New Mexico State Senator Ortiz y Pino Introduces Memorial Requesting a Study of the Budgetary Implications of Taxing and Regulating Marijuana in New Mexico
Today, New Mexico State Senator Ortiz y Pino introduced Senate Joint Memorial 31 requesting the New Mexico's Economic Development Department to convene workgroup, conduct a study and report back …
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In-Crowd Economics: It’s Hip to Fear the Deficit
Paul Krugman: The fiscal debate is characterized by a particular form of incestuous amplification.
Unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court Decision Affirms that Drug War Propaganda and Junk Science Provides No Basis for Child Neglect and Abuse Finding Against Pregnant Women
Today, in a major victory for New Jersey's pregnant women and families, the New Jersey Supreme Court announced a unanimous opinion in New Jersey Division of Youth & Family …