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Why the Mainstream Media Are Clueless About the Religious Right
Thousands of participants sing and pray inside Reliant Stadium during “The Response,” a Christian-themed prayer serviced called for by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in Houston, August 6, 2011. (Photo: …
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More Evidence of Water Torture “Depravity” in Rumsfeld’s Military
Former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld at an October 11, 2001, Pentagon memorial service. (Photo: Helene C. Stikkel / DoD) There have been a number of …
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Can Out-of-Control Local News Kill People?
(Image: Createspace) Determined to trump its closest competitor in the ratings game, a local Philadelphia television news station produces an “exclusive” segment that shows surveillance video of …
Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency: The Saved and the Sacked
Then-President-elect Barack Obama with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office on January 7, 2009. (Photo: Beverly & Pack) Is it too soon to speak of …
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Europe’s Quiet Revolution Could Be America’s, Too
The overarching challenge in the world today is: how do we advance the institutions and practices capable of enacting a desirable quality of life for a burgeoning global population …
Want Jobs? Rebuild the Dream
Van Jones is leading a national mobilization to rebuild the middle class—through decent work, fair taxes, and opportunities for all. With politics in D.C. hitting new lows, …
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The President’s Bold Jobs Bill (Maybe)
The President is sounding like a fighter these days. He even says he’ll be proposing a jobs bill in September – and if Republicans don’t go along he’ll fight …
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Why is the US Waging War on Women Raped in War?
Mandatory sonograms, forced lectures by doctors, humiliating permission slips from abusive husbands, paternalistic opinions from Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, uneducated and patently stupid soundbites from Tea Partiers. That’s not …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: SEC Accused of Covering Up High Crimes on Wall Street, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is alleging that the SEC destroyed more than 9,000 documents related to investigations into some of America’s top banks …
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Let’s Learn the Right Lessons From Wisconsin
Two Democratic state senators in Wisconsin beat back recalls yesterday, by 58 and 54 percent. That means that in the nine recall elections held this month and last, two …