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US Ship Attacks Fishing Boat in Persian Gulf, Killing One
A U.S. Navy fuel-resupply ship that had just passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf opened fire at a 50-foot fishing boat moving toward it, killing …
Will Your State Refuse to Provide Medicaid Coverage to Needy Adults?
It is precisely the states that could most benefit from the increased coverage under ACA's Medicaid expansion provision that seem least willing to participate in the plan.
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Mitt Romney’s “Hostile Takeover” of Massachusetts Environmental Protections
Romney, then governor of Massachusetts, diverted $45,000 from the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to hold a send-off rally for the football team at Foxboro's Gillette Stadium …
After National Gathering, Is There Room for Insurrectionary Anarchism in Occupy?
The idea, according to organizers, was to bring Occupy participants together from around the country to share and focus visions for the movement.
Hope Is for the Lazy: The Challenge of Our Dead World
First, to be a hope-monger or a hope-peddler today is not just a sign of weakness but also of laziness, and sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.
Moyers Moment (2009): Michael Perino on the Pecora Commission
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimonu2019s hearings before Congress last month were strikingly similar u2014 in circumstances if hardly in results u2014 to the 1930s Senate Banking Committee hearings known …
The Toothless Accountability Systems Behind the Penn State Scandal
A report in the wake of the child abuse accusations against a prominent football coach reveals Penn State operated under its own rules, which could be easily flouted by …
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The Selling of American Democracy: The Perfect Storm
The greatest concentration of wealth in more than a century u2014 courtesy u201ctrickle-downu201d economics, Reagan and Bush tax cuts, and the demise of organized labor. Combined with unlimited …
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Ron Paul Loses Virtually His Last Presidential Bid in Nebraska
Ron Paulu2019s bid for the presidency has all but officially ended, with supporters failing to rally a plurality of Nebraskau2019s Republican delegates in a last-ditch effort to ensure that …
The Face of “Reasonable Suspicion”: Arizona’s Freedom Summer Continues
Iconic images are usually reserved for momentous occasions and as such, Arizona, the land of political extremism, is also beginning to produce similar imagery.