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Affirmative Action for School Reformers?
Education Secretary Arne Duncan prepares to testify before the Senate Budget Committee. Duncan took the position after heading Chicago's widely criticized and troubled school system. (Photo: Medill DC) …
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NYPD Under Fire for Surveillance of Occupy Protesters
On Nov. 17, Kira Moyer-Sims was near the Manhattan Bridge, buying coffee while three friends waited nearby in a car. More than a dozen blocks away, protesters gathered for …
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Invisible Children Funded By Antigay, Creationist Christian Right
[Why does it matter, if Invisible Children was funded by controversial donors? Two reasons - one, we can assume those donors thought IC aligned with their agenda - which …
Tax on Out-of-State Political Money Could Outflank Citizens United
In southern Minnesota (Paul Wellstone country), a new revolt against money in politics has started. Should this revolt spread, it would provide a far quicker and more effective …
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President Obama on Drugs
President Barack Obama speaks at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, January 26, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) The White House teamed …
Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistleblowers
The Supreme Court building in Washington, December 19, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times) Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what …
The Santorum Strategy
Former senator Rick Santorum speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, October 7, 2011. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) The Santorum Strategy is not just about Santorum. …
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Sixty Thousand People Protest Gov. Scott Walker
Part of the crowd in attendance at the Reclaim Wisconsin rally at the State Capitol in Madison in support of recall efforts against Gov. Scott Walker, March 10, 2012. …
America Gone Stupid Over Iran: Making the Same Mistake Twice
It is estimated that up to a million people died as a function of George Bush Jr.’s decision to invade Iraq. According to Bush, that decision was made on …
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Air Force Academy Whistleblower Alleges Dog Poisoned in Retaliation
Former USAFA economics professor David Mullin believes his service dog Caleb (above) was poisoned behind his locked office door in retaliation for blowing the whistle on Academy leadership for …