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“Herbicide Stockpile” at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa: 1971 US Army report on Agent Orange
A newly declassified report could possibly confirm long standing allegations that the US held large stockpiles of chemical herbicides like Agent Orange in Okinawa, Japan.
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FreedomWorks Putting Its War Chest to Work for ALEC’s Anti-Union Agenda in the States
The Tea Part affiliated group FreedomWorks, is supporting the agenda of other right wing organizations like Americans for Prosperity to support anti-union legislation.
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Obama to Congress: Raise Debt Ceiling Without Spending Cuts
President Barack Obama urges Congress to lift the nationu2019s debt ceiling without spending cuts claiming that he will not allow the country to be pushed so far to the …
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Why Has Obama Pardoned So Few Prisoners?
To date, Obama has pardoned less than two dozen and commuted even fewer sentences.
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First Nations Logging Blockade in Canada Passes 10th Year as “Idle No More” Support Grows
Like Idle No More, in Grassy Narrows the movement is being led by women.
The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
The real reason for the Second Amendment's ratification was to preserve slave patrol militias.
Turtles and Tomahawk Missiles, Together at Last? War is Not the Answer to Climate Change
Accepting and perpetuating the narrative of climate security through a national security framework, opens new and dangerous doors for the national security state.
America’s False History Allows the Powerful to Commit Crimes Without Consequence
Parry connects the dots from the sabotaged Johnson Vietnam peace talks to deceptions that led to Iraq.
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Sex Crimes Continue to Plague the US Military
Many men who assault women in the military see them as government property to do with as they please.
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Aaron Swartz, a Spark in Life and Death
Depression alone didn't kill Aaron. In a statement released over the weekend, his family blamed the Department of Justice's prosecutorial overreach.