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Occupy Rigged Elections: A Call for the Second American Revolution in 2012
A protester with the Occupy movement is led away by law enforcement after interrupting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at a campaign event for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. …
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Exercising the Right to Torture
Jerusalem - In a case that has highlighted Israel’s abuse of Palestinian detainees, an Israeli military court recently acquitted a Palestinian man after it became clear that Israeli interrogators …
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America’s Turn From Science, A Danger for Democracy
Washington - Americans have trouble dealing with science, and one place that's especially obvious is in presidential campaigns, says Shawn Lawrence Otto, who tried, with limited success, to get …
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Syrian Tanks Leave Besieged City as Observers Arrive
Beirut - Residents of the Syrian city of Homs said the government pulled some of its tanks from the streets on Tuesday morning, shortly before Arab League observers arrived …
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93-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Who Cleaned State Capitol for 30 Years Denied Voter ID
A 93-year-old Tennessee woman who cleaned the state Capitol for 30 years, including the governor’s office, says she won’t be able to vote for the first time in decades …
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Europe’s Debt Crisis Deepens (2)
Eleni Agapidou takes part in a major national strike against deeper austerity steps meant to solve Europe's debt crisis, in Athens, Greece, October 5, 2011. (Photo: Nikos Pilos / …
Frances Moore Lappe on Creating an Ecology of Hope
New Yorkers take part in a program called Added Value by preparing a plant bed in Red Hook, Brooklyn on August 14, 2003. (Photo: Nancy Siesel / The New …
Fair Work, Fair Pay: Lessons From Australia
Katie O'Brien Mowery at her office during work at Network Hardware Resale in Goleta, California, December 1, 2011. (Photo: J. Emilio Flores / The New York Times) …
When Medicare Isn’t Medicare
Let’s say you have a Ford and decide to replace everything under the hood with Hyundai parts, including the engine and transmission. Could you still honestly market your car …
Dysfunctional Banking Sector Helps Keep Iraq in Economic Shambles
Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers Baghdad - The shelves are packed with imported goods at Baghdad's thriving Warda supermarket, and customers can barely move their shopping carts in the narrow …