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Wisconsin and Ohio: Resistance Rising
On Sunday, February 13, 2011, a few hundred union members gathered at the state capitol building in Madison, WI to confront Gov. Scott Walker over a bill designed to …
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Kenya: Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls Also Vulnerable to Organ Trafficking
Nairobi - With the highest rate of human trafficking in East and Central Africa, several nongovernmental organizations in Kenya are now under investigation by INTERPOL , the world’s largest …
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Malawi’s Solar Micro-Finance Initiative Builds Business for Women Entrepreneurs
Kasungu, Malawi - In the small landlocked southeastern African nation of Malawi only 8% of its growing 15.263 million people are connected to the national power grid, a source …
Flat-Lining the Middle Class: Economic Numbers to Die For
In some ways, Zuccotti Park, the campsite, the Ground Zero, for the Occupy Wall Street protests couldn’t be more modest. It’s no Tahrir Square, but a postage-stamp-sized plaza …
The Military’s Role in US Foreign Policy and Torture: Why Is School of the Americas Absent From the National Dialogue?
Protesters demonstrating against the School of the Americas, November 2006. (Photo: crazbabe21) On April 8, 1993, a Newsweek investigation about the Fort Benning, Georgia-based US Army School …
Got Class Warfare? Occupy Wall Street Now!
Class warfare has once again entered the vocabulary of mainstream national politics, but with a strange twist.
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Democrats Suggest Paying for Obama’s Job Plan With Surcharge on Millionaires
Washington - Senate Democrats, divided over how to pay for President Barack Obama's jobs plan, Wednesday tossed out the White House tax proposals and replaced them with one of …
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Mexico Leans to the Right on Abortion
Juarez, Mexico - A recent ruling by Mexico’s supreme court on right-to-life amendments in two northern states has pro-choice supporters fearful of a dangerous precedent that could fly beneath …
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Why is Obama Administration So Confident the Health Care Act Will Pass Court Muster?
The Obama administration has decided to appeal directly to the Supreme Court the Affordable Care Act challenge by Republican attorneys general from 25 states, including Florida, and one Democrat. …
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Fear of an Islamic Planet
It's easy to make fun of Michele Bachmann: her history gaffes, her Christian extremism, her ludicrous political positions. Journalists, though, would be sad to see her leave the Republican …