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Government Recants Major Terror Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
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A History of Campaign Advertising
David Schwartz is the chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image and curator of The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008, an online exhibition featuring more than …
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The Targeting of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Image: Counterpoint Press)Below is an excerpt from “The Awful Grace of God” from Counterpoint Press: On April 3, 1968, an American Airlines flight from Atlanta to Memphis was stuck …
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Today, ALEC Brings Lawmakers and Big Oil Together to Undermine Clean Energy
Today, behind closed doors in Charlotte, North Carolina, legislators from 15 states will meet with the oil and gas industry to discuss so-called “model legislation” as part of the American Legislative …
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A US Financial Transaction Tax: How Wall Street Can Pay for Its Mess
As we continue to suffer the consequences of the 2008-2009 global financial crash caused by casino capitalism, one idea for bringing some measure of control over speculative financial practices …
The Whole World Is Watching: NATO in Chicago
The NATO summit coming to Chicago in May has brought the eyes of the world to the overlap among questions of militarization, poverty and dissent in a globalized society. …
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In South America, Separating Fact From Fiction
Somehow, though, people like Mr. Paul donu2019t like to talk about events of the past century, for which we have reasonably good data; they like to talk about events …
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Sen. Mark Warner, Leading Democratic Critic of Volcker Rule, Invests With JP Morgan Unit Likely Affected by Volcker Rule
In March, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) led members from both parties in introducing legislation to delay the implementation of the Volcker Rule, a new regulation to limit risky trading by big …
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Union Rights Are Civil Rights
The right of U.S. workers to organize and bargain collectively with their employers unhindered by employer or government interference has been a legal right since the 1930s. Yet there …
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Grabbing the Bolt-Cutters With Take Back the Land
In Rochester, New York, activists are fighting to win control of Catherine Lennon-Griffin's foreclosed, bank-owned home as a community land trust, at her request — making this one of …