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How US Policy Risks More 9/11s
In a short piece entitled “The Human Toll of the U.S. Drone Campaign,” Glenn Greenwald noted that the population of the United States is kept in the dark about …
For the Corporate One Percenters, a Fifty Percent Tax Discount
Over a quarter century ago, in 1984, the Washington, D.C.-based Citizens for Tax Justice released its first in-depth report on how much America's top profitable corporations were actually paying …
Matt Taibbi on Russia, Wall Street and Prosecuting Corporate Crime
As a kid, Matt Taibbi’s favorite writer was Nikolai Gogol. So, straight out of college, Taibbi headed to Russia, where he spent ten years playing baseball in …
Washington Heights Residents Challenge Occupy’s Reputation as a “White-Led” Movement
Washington Heights residents marched 11 miles to Wall Street, challenging occupy's reputation as a “white-led” movement. On a beautifully warm Monday in early November, several hundred protesters …
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Occupy Movement Inspires Unions to Embrace Bold Tactics
Organized labor’s early flirtation with Occupy Wall Street is starting to get serious. Union leaders, who were initially cautious in embracing the Occupy movement, have in recent …
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An Iraq-WMD Replay on Iran?
The American public is about to be inundated with another flood of “expert analysis” about a dangerous Middle Eastern country presumably hiding a secret nuclear weapons program that may …
Occupy Northwest – Bellingham and Tacoma
Bellingham and Tacoma, Washington - Grassroots people and political activists occupy parks in Bellingham and Tacoma, Washington, to support the New York City demonstration, Occupy Wall Street. Occupiers …
Why Is Africa Falling Apart?
In 1769, J. H. Bernardin de Saint Pierre, a French royal officer, said he was not so sure that coffee and sugar were "really essential to the comfort of …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Voters Reject the Radical Right-Wing Takeover of America, and More
In today's On the News segment: Yesterday, voters rejected the radical right-wing takeover of America; Italy is the next European nation on the verge of economic disaster; "Gang of …
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Wanted: A Revolution for Girls
Khairpur, Pakistan - Sixteen-year-old Noor Bano believes nothing short of a revolution will convince the men in Malangabad – her remote village in the Khairpur district of the Sindh …