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In Signal to Israel and Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise
The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more …
Will US Lack of Imagination Lead to Nuclear Nightmare?
Titan II ICBM nuclear missile site located in Sahuarita, Arizona. (Photo: Jonathan McIntosh) In the aftermath of the cold war, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has …
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New Tool Reveals Country’s Most Polluted Places: How Close Do You Live?
Looking for some awkward synergy? The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a comprehensive database of America's greatest greenhouse gas creators. It interactively indexes the 6,700 power plants and other …
The Problem With Citizens United Is Not Corporate Personhood
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Florida Rep. Ted Deutch introduced a constitutional amendment in December to overturn Citizens United, one of five …
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Indefensible Claims About Job Creation – and Job Destruction
Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, campaigning in New Hampshire in August 2011. (Photo: Cheryl Senter / The New York Times) Greg Sargent is rightly outraged …
Turning America Into Pottersville
For many years, it appeared that the Right wanted to take the United States back to the 1950s – when blacks “knew their place,” women were “in the kitchen” …
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A Voters’ Rights Amendment as a Focus for Dissent
A voter at a polling station at Parker-Varney School in Manchester, New Hampshire, January 10, 2012. (Photo: Nathaniel Brooks/The New York Times) Unification of the Tea Party …
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US Ranks 27th in Social Justice
“USA: We're No. 1!” Oh, wait — Iceland is No. 1. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right? Uh...no. But go on down the rankings …
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SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was born January 15th, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in …
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Why I’m Suing Barack Obama
A guard in a cell block at Camp 6, Camp Delta, located at the Guantanamo Naval Station in Cuba, in October, 2007. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York …