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Bill Moyers: Back With a New Series
Bill Moyers. (Photo courtesy of Moyers & Co) Dear Friends, You already may have heard that I'd be coming back in January with a new series on …
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Live From Guantánamo
This entry was written by Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney, Wells Dixon, who is currently in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba visiting one of his clients.
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Confrontation Between Pakistan’s Army, Government Spark Coup Concerns
Islamabad, Pakistan - The confrontation between the civilian government and the army in Pakistan turned into a bitter open clash Wednesday, when the military warned that remarks this week …
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Guantánamo Detainees Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Prison’s Tenth Anniversary
Detainees at the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay launched a hunger strike today marking the prison’s 10th anniversary, inspired in part by U.S. activists who have called for …
Congresswoman Accepts Money Tied to For-Profit Colleges, Then Touts Schools’ Efficiency
Rep. Virginia Foxx, who heads the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, has accepted campaign contributions from several for-profit colleges. (Photo: republicanconference) Rep. Virginia Foxx, a North …
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Recovering From Authoritarian Simpatico Syndrome (ASS): “Because the Cops Don’t Need You and Man They Expect the Same“
Witnessing the acts and utterances of Republican presidential candidates can be regarded as a helpful psychological exercise, a type of “exposure therapy” involving the development of methods used to …
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The GOP’s 2012 Iowa Caucuses: A National Model for Transparent Democracy
Before we move on to the nightmare of democracy and secret, concealed “trust-me” vote-counting which will comprise the bulk of the “First-in-the-Nation” primary in New Hampshire, I'd like to …
What’s Ahead for Guantanamo Camps in New Decade?
Miami - Ten years ago, U.S. troops marched 20 men in chains off a military cargo plane at Guantanamo Bay to launch America’s war-on-terror experiment in offshore detention and …
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Inside the Syrian Uprising
As the Arab spring enters its second year, the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues. Scores are being killed by government forces, but international condemnation has not been …
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Do We Live in a Meaningless Universe?
Western civilization could be considered a grand experiment, culminating in the three-plus centuries of the industrial revolution, to see if the universe could be accounted for without resorting to …