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Why Are We Turning Our Backs on the Constitution?
It has been nearly four years since President Barack Obama promised to close the detention camps at Guantanamo Bay. The camps remain along with a score of lingering questions.
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Biologist and Writer Sandra Steingraber Invites Fellow Activists to Pledge Nonviolent Resistance to Fracking in New York State
"Hey, gas industry: I am not afraid of you. And that's not because I'm fearless. It's because I am so scared for the future of my children on a …
Freedom and the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran
In March 2005, President George W. Bush used the phrase “freedom is on the march” in reference to Lebanon's Intifadat-al-Istiqlal uprising against Syria's heavy influence in their country. Bush …
Domestic Terrorism American Style
The Ku Klux Klan (the name derives from the Greek word Kuklos meaning circle with a modification of the word clan added), an American terrorist organization, was founded in …
Video: The Experts Are Wrong and Here’s How
The numbers are in — Experts have their heads up their asses. We won't make any progress until we stop listening to them.
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Graphic: Fighting Back Against Breast Cancer
Cancer is the epidemic of modern times. Unlike other diseases that have plagued people throughout history like tuberculosis and polio, we havenu2019t yet discovered a vaccine against it.
The Second Civil War: Remembering the Battle at Blair Mountain
This weekend marks the anniversary of the most brutal confrontation in the history of the American labor movement, the Battle of Blair Mountain.
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Romney Spokesperson Demoted for Blocking Questions About Abortion; Helped Scott Walker in the Recall
A communications director for Mitt Romney's campaign, Ciara Matthews, has been demoted after prohibiting reporters from asking the GOP presidential candidate questions about Todd Akin or abortion.
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The Republican “Small Government” Fraud
One of the most widely-advertised but falsest claims in American politics is that the modern Republican Party stands for u201csmall government.u201d
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George W. Bush as Hurricane Isaac
There is nothing Republicans would rather the American people forget more than George W. Bush, who doesnu2019t even have a bit-part at the GOP convention opening in Tampa.