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Mad, Passionate Love – and Violence: Occupy Heads Into the Spring
When you fall in love, it’s all about what you have in common, and you can hardly imagine that there are differences, let alone that you will quarrel over …
Economic Alternatives to Capitalism
Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a demonstration at Foley Square, in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times) Richard Wolff: My …
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$696,000 Sellout: Industry Group Showered Congress With Donations, Won Their Votes on Job-Killing Trade Deal
Last year, Congress passed three trade deals with foreign countries — South Korea, Panama, and Colombia. Although these deals were referred to in mainstream political debate as “free trade” …
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Dark Knight: Former Vice President Cheney in the Global War on Terror
Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC, February 10, 2011. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Of all the members of the …
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Iraq Officials: Violence Drops as al-Qaeda Group Moves to Syria
Baghdad - The departure of al Qaida-affiliated fighters from Iraq to join the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria has had one benefit, Iraqi officials say: Violence …
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Powerful Acts of Love
(Image: photosteve101) Love, the deepest human commitment, the force that defies empirical examination and yet is the defining and most glorious element in human life, the love …
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Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Carl Mueller / Flickr) In a major victory for public health and what will hopefully lead to other nations taking action, …
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Ultrasound Abortion Bill Nears Vote in Virginia
(Photo: B.K. Dewey) Richmond, Virginia - A bill requiring a woman to get an ultrasound before having an abortion is poised to pass Virginia’s legislature this week, …
Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What Is the Justice System for?
Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher is surrounded by supporters carrying signs bearing the number 70, DeChristopher's bidder's number during a 2008 lease auction, outside the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Apple Supplier and Human Rights Abuser FoxConn to Raise Wages, and More
In today's On the News segment: Hundreds of thousands demonstrated against austerity measures in Spain over the weekend, US Supreme Court suspends Montana court's prohibition against corporate spending in …