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Fracking: We Know What We’re Against. What Are We FOR?
While the anti-fracking campaign is very vocal about what they are against, Maura Stephens outlines what goals the movement wants to accomplish.
I Vote Nation: Generation Vote
New video promo from I Vote Nation asks young people around the nation to vote on Election day because they are the future of this country.
Election Countdown 2012: Obama Gives Major Disaster Declarations to NY and NJ Before Federal Assessments are Done, and More
This week in the Election Countdown: Four people charged with forcing Vietnamese immigrants to work at a wedding shop as modern day slaves have been convicted of 15 additional …
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Romney’s Latest Lie, His Former Lies, and Why We Must Not Put Liars in the White House
Romney's latest move to accuse Chrysler of shipping production to China, and to blame Obama for letting it happen, has once again fallen flat.
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Frankenstorms and Climate Change: How the 1% Created a Monster
If hurricane Sandy - one of the largest storms in the history of the Atlantic - is man made, then have we, like Dr. Frankenstein, created a monster …
Hawaii: Head of the Tentacled Beast
Hawaii, which is home to U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), with sonar, radar, and optical tracking stations as its eyes and ears, is the head of the beast which allows …
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Henry A. Giroux | Beyond the Dead End of American Electoral Politics: Rethinking the Crisis of Politics
The issue is no longer how to work within the current electoral system, but how to dismantle it and construct a new political landscape.
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The Corporate Mad Dogs of Citizens United
Jim Hightower: Before Citizens United, employers were barred by federal law from using corporate funds to push workers to support particular candidates.
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Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter
Among Afghanistanu2019s ongoing burdens of destitution and war, of course temperatures are now dropping again.
Political Polling Is No Longer Meaningful
The truth is that we have no idea who is ahead in the presidential race.