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One Year After SB 1070, Arizona’s Immigrant Networks Are Stronger
Phoenix - It’s a warm afternoon at a trailer park in Central Phoenix as Isidro Carreras sets up chairs on his lawn. Neighbors start arriving gradually, until a group …
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News in Brief: House GOP Attorney Stops Fighting for Defense of Marriage Act, and More
House GOP Attorney Stops Fighting for Defense of Marriage Act According to Think Progress, House GOP-hired attorney Paul Clement, a former solicitor general, recently dropped the Defense …
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Confederate Flag at Dodge Courthouse Stirs Controversy
A Confederate battle flag flies Wednesday next to a memorial to Confederate war dead near the Dodge County Courthouse, in the background, in Eastman. (Photo: Grant Blankenship / The …
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Seeding Reconstruction?
Part 1 - Project corn
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Guantanamo Detainee Files Hint at Psychological Research
The detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a photo taken on October 4, 2007. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) The release by WikiLeaks …
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Iraq Invasion Revelations: Fueled Again, UK Style
Tell me again—why the invasion of Iraq? As WhoWhatWhy readers know, we don’t consider this a quaint item of obscure historical interest. We’ve reported on several different …
What Can Be Found in the WikiLeaks “Gitmo Files“
McClatchy Newspapers writes “the US military set up a human intelligence laboratory at Guantanamo,” the Washington Post details new classified military documents obtained by the “anti-secrecy organization” present “new …
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Why “False Choices” Still Matter
Washington - The idea that “false choices” are distorting our politics is under attack. I want to defend the concept for both substantive and personal reasons. The …
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Washington on the Rocks: An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter
In one of history’s lucky accidents, the juxtaposition of two extraordinary events has stripped the architecture of American global power bare for all to see. Last November, WikiLeaks splashed …
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Community Gardens Are a Serious Answer to Food Problems and Health
The world is faced with a difficult dilemma. Available food supply and access to this supply are out of synch. For the poorest, this is a matter of survival. …