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Army Officer Turned Whistleblower: How Many More Must Die?
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis last month after sharing his view on the Afghan war with some members of Congress. "You can't spin the fact that more men are …
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Prophetic Politics: Charting a Healthy Role for Religion in Public Life
Does God take sides in the elections? Is there a voters’ guide hiding in our holy books? Should we pray for electoral inspiration? Secular people tend to …
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Email Reveals Coordination Between Congressman Rehberg’s Pro-Child-Labor Letter, Big Ag Lobby
Last August, two teenagers handling a large grain auger had their legs severed while working at the Zaloudek Grain Co. in Oklahoma. The Department of Labor has proposed rules …
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How Government Decides Which Workers Deserve Rights
Malcolm Harris has a New Inquiry essay on the movie Sleeping Beauty (2011) and the feminization of precarious labor. A lot has been written on precarious labor recently, including both John Schmitt’s book review in Dissent and Bhaskar …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: China and Russia Veto Resolution Condemning Syrian Violence, and More
In today's On the News segment: 600 Canadian activists rallied to protest tar sands on Saturday, Komen enlists former Bush press secretary for “crisis communications,” DC's Park Police raid …
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Is Anonymous Our Future?
The enigmatic Internet-driven collective Anonymous, thank goodness, has an anthropologist in its midst. For a few years now, Gabriella Coleman has been arduously participant-observing in IRC chat rooms, watching …
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The Citizens United Catastrophe
We have seen the world created by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, and it doesn't work. Oh, yes, it works nicely for the wealthiest and most powerful people …
As Port Huron Turns 50: Peace and Justice Activist Tom Hayden on Rag Radio
Peace and justice activist Tom Hayden, a driving force in SDS and the Sixties New Left, was our guest on Rag Radio on January 6 and January 20, 2012. …
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Parents Stand Up for Teachers Under Attack
With Mayor Emanuel aligning himself with an extremist group focused on attacking teachers, a group of Chicago parents has decided it’s time to speak up in their defense. …
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Black Bloc: The Cancer in Occupy
Black Bloc anarchists, arms locked together, demonstrate against the World Bank in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2011. (Photo: Collin David Anderson) The Black Bloc anarchists, who …