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Deadly Secrets
The world is made of deadly secrets. We are surrounded by them, enveloped in them, yet are seldom able to see them for what they are ... and when …
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“Nuclear Option” Against Iran’s Economy Paves Way for War
The drumbeat for another round of draconian sanctions against Iran is growing louder on Capitol Hill. While Illinois Senator Mark Kirk's proposed legislation to “collapse the Central Bank of …
The Public Intellectual: Panayota Gounari
Panayota Gounari Papandreou Co-Opted “Revolution” - Now, the Greek People Must Reclaim It Saturday 29 October 2011 by: Panayota Gounari, Truthout | News Analysis
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Oklahoma Earthquakes and the Wages of Fracking
When towns to the east of Oklahoma City jiggled over the weekend with two of the state’s strongest-ever earthquakes, some people asked an obvious question: Does the recent expansion …
Emails Show Energy Dept. Sought to Hide Solyndra Layoffs Until After 2010 Elections
As solar panel startup Solyndra planned a round of layoffs last year after securing a half-billion dollar government loan, the Department of Energy dispatched an unusual request: Hold off …
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Insurance Mandate May Be Health Bill’s Undoing
Washington - As Barack Obama battled Hillary Rodham Clinton over health care during the Democratic presidential primaries of 2008, he was adamant about one thing: Americans, he insisted, should …
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Six Burning Questions About the Violent Crackdowns on Occupations Around the Country
Occurring without provocation, the Occupy crackdown gives the appearance of an orchestrated effort to thwart an emerging protest movement. Early morning Tuesday, in New York City, hundreds of police …
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Karl Rove Flips Out at Protesters: “Who Gave You the Right to Occupy America?“
Last night, former Bush official Karl Rove appeared at Johns Hopkins University to speak as a part of the annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium. Rove soon discovered that he …
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House GOP Classifies Pizza as a Vegetable
Earlier this year, the USDA made an attempt to bolster the nutrition guidelines for the federal school lunch program. Under the new guidelines, for instance, school lunches would be …
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Unaddressed Problems With High-Stakes, Standardized Tests
In 1949, I was a self-employed trucker, buying and hauling timber for shoring up the roofs of coal mines in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. A very long …