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Protest in the Golan Heights
Here I am, an hour-and-a-half's drive from the Golan, and I can't figure out what happened there on June 5. There were no independent journalists on either side of …
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Supreme Court Rejects Argument That Officials’ Votes Are Protected Free Speech
Denver - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld ethics laws across the nation that forbid legislators and city council members from voting on matters in which they have a …
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GOP Hopefuls Point Finger at Obama, Not Each Other
Republican candidates for president before a debate at the Sullivan Arena at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on June 13, 2011. From left: Former Sen. Rick Santorum, …
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Concern Over Republican Embrace of the Ayn Rand Poison
Some say that maybe it is a bad idea to base a political party's ideology on a belief that altruism, democracy and Christianity are “evil.” Others say that maybe …
Unions Save Lives
Miners listen as Rocky Moore, a mine safety inspector, not pictured, talks with them about mine safety precautions at Teco Energy's E3-1 coal mine in Hazard, Kentucky. (Photo: Joshua …
US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog
Soldiers of the Pakistani Army on patrol in South Waziristan, Pakistan. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) During the worst days of the cold war, …
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JP Morgan Records Largest Profit Ever, While Community Devastated by Its Predatory Lending Sheds 1,000 Workers
One of the many tragic stories of the Great Recession involves Jefferson County, Alabama. As Matt Taibbi explained in an article in Rolling Stone last year, mega bank JP …
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Front and (Too) Center
Washington - Poor Mitt Romney. With every poll showing him in the lead for the Republican presidential nomination, his heart must sink. …
GOP-Style Democrats Moving to Sell Out Poor, Liberals: Lessons From the DC Budget Fight
A homeless man in Washington, DC. (Photo: Daquella manera) It's been less than two weeks since a guerilla campaign by local activists managed to restore about 20 …
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“Merchants of Doubt”: A Review
American physicist Frederick Seitz, founding chairman of the George C. Marshall Institute. (Photo: Laura Gilpin / AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives) Merchants of Doubt is a …