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All Man’s Land
New Dehli – Ernest Hemingway’s collection of stories, Men without Women, examines tense gender relationships. In a particularly poignant story, a young man convinces his partner to have an …
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Groups Worry About Environmental Footprint of America’s Cup on SF Bay
San Francisco - For a week next summer and nearly two months in 2013, the San Francisco Bay will become a natural amphitheater for the prestigious 34th America’s Cup …
What Comes Next for Wisconsin’s Fledgling Uprising
Stephanie Haw needed a good cry. On the night of August 9th, the rowdy crowd inside Hawk's bar in downtown Madison grew ever quieter as the election …
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Immigrant Rights Activists Are Obama’s Freedom Riders
Fifty years ago this summer, hundreds of young people organized, rode buses into the deep South and got arrested for challenging Jim Crow segregation in inter-state transit. They were …
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Big Organizing Challenge Remains After Temporary Truce at Verizon
The striking unions at Verizon made it clear from the beginning that they might return to work without a settlement if they were convinced management would get serious at …
Obama FCC Kills “Fairness Doctrine” Dead, as Requested by Congressional Republicans
In apparent response to GOP leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee who requested in June that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Julius Genachowski "strike the Fairness …
Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
An estimated 2,000 people have signed up to hold sit-ins and commit other acts of civil disobedience.
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GOP Rep. Chabot Bans Cameras At Town Hall As Constituents Chant “Where Are The Jobs?“
Rep. Steve Chabot’s (R-OH) town hall meeting was riddled with protests last night as voters voiced their frustration with the GOP’s focus on deep spending cuts rather than providing …
Think Again: NPR: Still Bending Over Backward
National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” did a report last week on therapy to turn gay people straight, inspired by the work of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) husband. The story …
Economic Myths: Separating Fact From Fiction
With the recent Iowa straw poll andPresident Obama's bus tour, Americans are hearing a cacophony of arguments about the wobbly economy. The federal stimulus package passed in 2009 was …