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The Worst Teacher in Chicago
It's Back to School Time! Time for the editorialists and the Tea Party and Barack Obama's Education Secretary Arne Duncan to rip into the people who dare teach in …
German Court Backs Euro Rescue Fund
New ruling in Germany attempts to master the debt crisis that has affected the continent for years and endangered its common currency.
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Chris Hedges vs. CrimethInc. on Violence: Will We Get the Debate We Deserve?
Squaring off to determine what role - if any - violence is to have in movements like Occupy, the opponents will march into one of the left's most treacherous …
Eleven Years After 9/11, a Community of First Responders Is Put at Risk Again
After undeniably great sacrifices for their country, an upstate community of 9/11 First Responders, veterans, their widows, and men and women who've recently returned from military duty are now …
Conservationists Fight Timber Industry’s Lawsuit Seeking to Limit Role of Science in Public Lands Management
The Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center and Oregon Wild, filed a motion today in federal district Court in Washington D.C. to fight a …
Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Ninth Shameful and Tragic Death at Guantánamo
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the news that a ninth man has died in detention at Guantánamo. With great sadness, …
Getting Action on Climate: Who Is Winning and How?
The Democracy Center has just released a new series of investigations looking up close at seven citizen action campaigns from around the world that take aim at the climate …
Are We in the Middle of the Zombie Apocalypse?
Look around you. Are there zombies? Are there vampires? If you answered yes, then maybe you don't need to watch this video. If you answered no, then I'm about …
Democracy Takes a Hit: An Analysis
On Wednesday the 5th of September, 2012, in the middle of the Democratic Party convention, U.S. democracy took a big hit. Essentially the convention managers rigged a vote in …
The Persecution of John Kiriakou: Torture and the Myth of Never Again
How many other people with vital information are simply scared, watching what is happening to John Kiriakou and thinking: not me, I'm not sticking my neck out to see …