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Fueled by War on Drugs, Mexican Death Toll Could Exceed 120,000 As Calderon Ends Six-Year Reign
New stats shed grim light on Calderon's bloody reign.
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How Ideology Seduces Us – and How We Can (Try to) Escape It
Shatteringly funny and deeply intellectual, the Slovenian psychoanalytic philosopher Slavoj u017diu017eek analyzes Hollywood cinema from the inside.
America’s Future: War and Peace in the 21st Century
Military weaponry, in effect, is this nation's number one domestic product and its number one export.
Anthology for Change: Howard Zinn’s Impassioned Progressive Speeches Span Four Decades
Howard Zinn reframed American history from the progressive perspective.
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Goldman Sachs’ Global Coup D’etat
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks: The Bank of England, a key player in the ongoing Eurozone crisis, announced that former Goldman Sachs investment banker Mark Carney will be its …
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Marijuana Decriminalization Law Brings Down Juvenile Arrests in California
Study says reduction in penalties meant fines, not jail, for young offenders.
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Corrections Corporation of America Used in Drug Sweeps of Public School Students
Recent events in the central Arizona town of Casa Grande show the hand of private corrections corporations reaching into the classroom.
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Solidarity for Tar Sands Blockade and Climate Justice Spreads Worldwide
Members of Peaceful Uprising and Utah Tar Sands Resistance rallied outside the Bureau of Land Management in Salt Lake City on Monday.
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Curbing Filibuster Abuse
A new report shows empirical evidence of how rampant filibuster abuse continues to cause an unprecedented lack of legislative productivity.
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I Can Has Shared Sacrifice?
The whole bloody mess - u201cshared sacrificeu201d (Obama; heh) / austerity / u201cThrow Grandma from the Fiscal Cliffu201d - is appalling, and dispiriting.