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Guantanamo Attorney Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
An attorney who represented prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay was found dead last week in what sources said was a suicide.
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Fukushima: A Dire SOS Message
There is nothing clean, carbon-wise, about nuclear power, and the only thing green about it is the glowing radioactivity.
The Lesson of WMDs: Obama and US Military Divided Over Syria
Has Syria crossed the ‘red line’ that warrants a US military invasion? Has it not? The political establishment in the US seems at odds over itself.
Bush’s Legacy Ought to Be on Trial; Instead, It’s Put on Display
Kill a few, they call you a murderer. Kill tens of thousands, they give you $500 million for a granite vanity project and a glossy 30-page supplement in the …
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The Last Lost Cause, Review of “In Fear Itself“
Was the mid-century dominance of southern Democrats essential to the defeat of Hitler and the triumph of American democracy?
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This May Day in Berlin: 7,000 Imported Police, With Marching Routes Exposed
This year, the city government brought in an estimated 7,000 auxiliary officials from across Germany to aid in controlling the May Day protests.
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President Obama’s Law Day Proclamation Rings Hollow So Long as Torturers Go Unpunished
Stephen F. Rodhe: Today is Law Day, and Obama has issued a lofty Proclamation, full of sound and formality, signifying nothing.
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Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor and Occupy Plan May Day Protests
Nationally, May Day protests have already attracted the attention of authorities.
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Angela Davis: The Iconic “Sweet Black Angel” at l’Humanité
Here's a look back at the work of this remarkable activist who is still engaged in the struggle for human emancipation.
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Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa’s Iconic Sand Bluffs in New Form of Mountaintop Removal
The landscape is an issue that tugs on the heartstrings of locals, yet it's just one concern on a long list of objections.