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New Report Exposes Extreme Disparity in the Social Security Debate
A new Institute for Policy Studies report analyzes proposed Social Security cuts and their potential impact on individuals at the top and the bottom of the health industry. On …
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Anti-Politics in So Cal: Why is LA So Boring?
or the first time in my life, like 84% of Los Angeles registered voters, I failed to cast a ballot in last week's election. It was a primary to …
Court Must Intervene to End Torture of Solitary Confinement, Attorneys Argue
Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to reject California's attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California …
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War Stories: Missing in Action (From Our Histories)
Nick Turse explores the deafening silence behind wartime rape and sexual assault cases in Vietnam and beyond.
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253,000 US Guns Smuggled to Mexico Annually, Study Finds
New study finds that 2.2% of all US gun sales goes to illegal trafficking in Mexico, placing profit over the lives of those victims of gun violence south of …
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Supreme Court Hears Arizona’s Voter Proof-of-Citizenship Case
A new Supreme Court case based in Arizona could be the determining factor on the Federal government's ability to overturn states rights on issues of immigration.
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The Real Reason Scout Prouty Leaked the Famous Romney “47%" Video — It Was Over Romney Profiting from Slave Labor
Scott Prouty was appalled at how Romney was callous to slave labor; too bad we didn't have an national conversation about that.
Transparency in Government: Let the Sun Shine In
Interview with the Sunlight Foundationu2019s Executive Director Ellen Miller on campaign finance transparency and the role of journalism is democracy.
More Than One Million Displaced Iraqis Continue to Languish Without Government Aid
Haifa Abdul Majid is only one of the 1.1 million internally displaced persons in Iraq today.
A Decade After Waging a War Based on Lies, We Must Create a Culture of Peace
Dennis Kucinich offers a vision of how the world may heal from the wound that is the War on Iraq.