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Double Standards on Civilian Deaths
In the war fever being ramped up against Syria, there is broad public indignation over the massacre of more than 100 civilians in the town of Houla last weekend. …
Justice Roberts Fixes Supreme Court Schedule; Will Help Romney, Big Business Dominate Election
Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped bring even more corporate money into politics, has already made history. Outside groups have spent record amounts influencing the 2012 …
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Verdict Revives Egyptian Anger
Cairo - If the life sentences for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and one of his key allies were meant to placate Egyptians, they have had the opposite effect. …
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Microphone Grabbed Out of Hands of Reporter Questioning Honeywell CEO
For the last two years, I have covered union busting efforts by Honeywell, their close connections to President Obama and how federal agencies have assisted Honeywell in three different …
Nuclear Disarmament at an Impasse
In Vienna, countries armed with nuclear weapons clearly expressed their refusal to commit themselves in a process of nuclear disarmament
Don’t Thank Me for My Service
Now, that is not something for which a person should be proud nor thanked. In fact, it is regrettable, and for me a source of guilt and shame, something …
Noam Chomsky | Somebody Else’s Atrocities
In the history of human rights, the worst atrocities are always committed by somebody else, never us - whoever us is. Almost any moment in history yields innumerable illustrations. …
America’s Opiate War: The Medical Luddites vs. People in Pain
With frightening hubris, narcs from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), are now muscling into the practice of medicine.
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All 67 Florida Election Supervisors Suspend Governor Rick Scott’s Voter Purge
The supervisors believe the state data is flawed and the DOJ has said the process violates federal voting laws.
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From Gangs to Gardens: How Community Agriculture Transformed Quesada Avenue
Ten years ago, the residents of the crime-ridden neighborhood started planting gardens - and everything changed.