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Jobs (and Your Tax Dollars) for Christians and Crisis Pregnancy Centers
(Photo: Xeni Jardin / Flickr)If you want to help carry out the anti-abortion mission of the taxpayer-funded Care Net Pregnancy Resource Center, you have to be a Christian. It's …
“There Are Marxists in India?”: Economist Prabhat Patnaik on the Global Crisis
After an engaging half-hour interview with India's pre-eminent Marxist economist during a conference at New York University, I told a friend about my one-on-one time with Prabhat Patnaik. "There …
Fool Us Twice? Think Again, Chicago
(Photo: slworking2 / Flickr)Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing a bold new plan to rebuild the city's aging infrastructure. He has lined up financing giants including Citibank NA, Citi …
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A Miner’s Life: Coca, Hunger and Fear
Bogota - At the cost of 25 years of their lifespan, workers toil 60 hours a week for $9 a day in the bowels of a mine that once …
May Day’s Radical History: What Occupy is Fighting for This May 1st
(Photo: Mike Fleshman / Flickr)American general strikes—or rather, American calls for general strikes, like the one Occupy Los Angeles issued last December that has been endorsed by over 150 …
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United States Talks Fail as Pakistanis Seek Apology
Islamabad, Pakistan - The latest high-level talks on ending a diplomatic deadlock between the United States and Pakistan ended in failure on Friday over Pakistani demands for an unconditional …
Could We Stop “Signature” Drone Strikes in Yemen and Pakistan?
The US government has been increasingly carrying out drone strikes in countries with which America is not at war, and killing people with drone strikes who have no dispute …
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No Such Thing as Too Much Truth: Saving Ethnic Studies in Arizona
Cesar Chavez. Paulo Freire. Karl Marx. Howard Zinn. Are these authors socialists and communists and, if so, does this mean that they should not be taught to American high …
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It?
(Photo: isafmedia / Flickr) You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. …
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FCC Requires TV Stations to Put Political Ad Files Online
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) voted today to require major commercial TV stations to post online public files and political advertising files that detail crucial information on the campaign …