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Gun “Background Check” on Pentagon
Norman Solomon: The nation's largest buyer of firearms, the Pentagon, needs a background check if we are to curb gun violence.
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For Some, Owning Guns Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Liking Them
It is these voices of ambivalence that policy makers say are likely to be drowned out by the passion at the extreme ends.
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Jack Lew, Citigroup and the Ugland Truth
In 2009, Obama said of the Cayman tax haven Ugland House, “either this is the largest building in the world or the largest tax scam in the world.”
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Letter From Bulgaria: What’s Taking Us to the Streets?
Protests are waging in Bulgaria, but the media will not cover the demonstrations. Here is a first-hand account of one Bulgarian's grievances.
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If Women Were in Charge
While women have made great strides across the globe and right here in the United States, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done.
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A Tougher Time for Homosexuals: Review of “Robert Duncan in San Francisco“
Michael Rumacker's new memoir, Robert Duncan in San Francisco, provides a harrowing picture of what life was like for a homosexual man in that city before the Castro became …
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Clean-Car Battle Shows How to Fight for Emissions Reduction
The auto campaign provides three key lessons on how to take the next steps to fight climate change.
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Playing Into Assad’s game
The US media has been especially emetic recently in their coverage of the sequester. While cuts to human services, education, health care, and environmental protection are huge, most of …
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Bad Beef, Bad Policy, and a Sad Memory
Conversation in Germany these days, when not about soccer, dealt often with beef which was part horsemeat, high-priced organic “bio” eggs which weren't all they claimed to be or, …
Hugo Chávez, a Threat to US Empire, Dead at 58 (Kevin Zeese interview)
Hugo Chávez was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. To discuss the legacy of Chavez, I talk with Kevin Zeese, who states that "The …