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Mayor “1%" Bloomberg Tries to Make it Harder for Homeless to Get Into Shelters
(Photo: moving-eye.be) Last week the Bloomberg administration announced new eligibility rules that would make it harder for homeless people to get into city shelters, a cost-cutting measure …
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Police in Denver Move on Protesters
Ocupy Denver, October 1st. (Photo: tomas angel melchor) Denver - The Denver police cleared a protest encampment allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in a downtown …
Voices From the Occupations
Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, November 5th. (Photo: David Shankbone) The Occupy protesters have been ridiculed by the press, celebrated by the left, and reviled by the …
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Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: “A Pair of Testicles Fell Off the President After Election Day“
Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor Guantanamo military commissions. (Photo: Crimes of War) Morris Davis speaks bluntly about some of President Barack Obama's policy decisions. …
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Senate Defeats Rand Paul’s Resolution to Kill EPA Cross-State Rules
Washington - The Senate on Thursday defeated Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul's bid to nix new Environmental Protection Agency rules regulating cross-state power plant pollution. The showdown …
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“Safe, Legal, Ethical and Effective”? It’s Time to Annul Our Report on Psychology, Ethics and National Security
(Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) Many viewers were outraged this past August watching NBC's “Today Show” interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney. Promoting …
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Undercover Cop at Occupy Oakland Condemns Police Brutality, Supports the Movement
Across the country, police have used undercover and/or plainsclothed police officers to monitor occupations and protests that are a part of the 99 Percent Movement. Earlier today, the Tennessean …
Activist Leaders Explain How They Beat the Keystone XL Pipeline
(Photo: tarsandsaction / Flickr) Washington - Just six months ago, few could have imagined that an inanimate object as ugly as a 36-inch diameter, 1,702-mile oil sands …
US Africa Policy Assailed by Africans
London -– Neither overcast sky nor small crowd dampened the passion Duale Yusuf displayed as he denounced the destructive U.S. foreign policy in Somalia during a protest recently outside …
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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 …