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Berlusconi Steps Down, and Italy Pulses With Change
Rome - Marking the end of a tumultuous week and of an era in Italian politics, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned Saturday evening after Parliament approved austerity measures …
Guantanamo, the Most Expensive Prison on Earth, Hurts Taxpayers and Moral Ground
Spc. Emely Nieves from the Puerto Rico Army National Guard guards her post over the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention facility at sunrise. (Photo: The National Guard / Flickr) …
Ten Ways the Occupy Movement Changes Everything
(Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times) Before the Occupy Wall Street movement, there was little discussion of the outsized power of Wall Street and the …
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Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time
In a first, federal environment officials today scientifically linked underground water pollution with hydraulic fracturing, concluding that contaminants found in central Wyoming were likely caused by the gas drilling …
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New Climate Treaty Mandate Approved, Kyoto Extended
Durban, South Africa - Climate negotiators early Sunday sealed their commitment to negotiate a new long-range climate treaty and approved an extension of the soon-to-expire Kyoto Protocol that limits …
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“Occupy” and Hope for a Human Spring in Afghanistan
(Photo: isafmedia / Flickr) The reason the Occupy movement grips our hearts is that the Afghan strategy of the past 40 years implemented by Afghanistan's lords and …
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Occupy Homes: New Coalition Links Homeowners, Activists in Direct Action to Halt Foreclosures
A loose-knit coalition of activists known as “Occupy Homes” is working to stave off pending evictions by occupying homes at risk of foreclosure when tenants enlist its support. The …
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Occupy Oakland Reacts to Thursday’s Violence in Ogawa Plaza
November 10 marked the one-month anniversary of Occupy Oakland - the political, social, and economic protest and encampment against corporate greed, social inequality and police brutality, which took over …
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Start a Business?! How ‘Bout Occupy Entrepreneurship?
Occupy Wall Street protesters march in New York's Financial District on September 26th, 2011. (Photo: _PaulS_ / flickr) I recently came across a pithy, anti-Occupy Wall Street …
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Keystone XL Pipeline Activists Claim Temporary Victory After Months of Protest
Keystone XL Pipeline protesters at the White House on November 6, 2011. (Photo: Emma Cassidy / flickr) The State Department announced yesterday that the review process for …