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Obama, Go Big, Long and Global
Washington - President Obama has only one option as he ponders a world economy teetering on the edge: He needs to go big, go long and go global. …
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Little Resistance as Rebels Enter Tripoli and Qaddafi Defenses Collapse
Tripoli, Libya - Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s grip on power dissolved with astonishing speed on Monday as rebels marched into the capital and arrested two of his sons, while residents …
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When Conflict Gets Impersonally Personal
Charles Sumner. (Photo: Matthew Brady / Wikimedia) In the field of conflict resolution, we define a consensual conflict as one that is conducted about some division of …
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Lemmingly, We Roll Along
There has been unusually wide (and for the most part supportive) reaction to my article of Aug, 7 on Afghanistan, “More U.S. Soldiers Die in Vain,” which was picked …
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Egyptian Protesters Reject Israel’s “Regrets” Over Deadly Border Clash
Israel “deeply regrets” the deaths of Egyptian security forces who were killed this week in the pursuit of gunmen who'd carried out a deadly ambush on the Israeli side …
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Colorado’s Medical Pot Business Is For-Profit, Regulated – and Thriving
A medicinal marijuana office in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. (Photo: SLV Native) Denver - After 15 years as a white-collar “corporate nomad,” Dan Rogers found his new career …
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One in Four California Families Can’t Afford Food for Their Kids
(Photo: Wayan Vota) San Francisco - One in four California households with children reported food hardship, according to a new analysis of Gallup data released last Thursday …
How Disney Magic and the Corporate Media Shape Youth Identity in the Digital Age
Youth are now assaulted by a never-ending proliferation of marketing strategies that colonize their consciousness and daily lives.
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Major Backlash at Right-Wing Ohio Governor Has Him Scrambling for “Compromise” With Progressives
Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at a press conference with his running mate, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce …
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The Andean Connection: Tracking the Drug War’s Coca Leaves and Failed Policies
Members of an anti-narcotics police unit secure the perimeter of a coca field in a remote area of the Alto Huallaga Valley where eradication efforts were underway in Peru, …