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Blast Kills 9 at Afghan Base, Including 5 From NATO
Kabul, Afghanistan - For the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber used an Afghan National Security uniform to elude early detection and approach his target, killing …
Budget Battles: Sound, Fury and Fakery
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Nilton Kodama / Flickr) Weeks of highly publicized debates - some in Congress, more in the mass media - brought Republicans …
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Republican Budget So Loony Even the Nuts Think It’s Nuts!
The Republican budget is so loony it's even scaring the right-wing nuts! How often does that happen? The Republicans are voting on their budget plan this week. …
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Obama’s Wrongheaded Stance on Nuclear Power – After Japan Disaster
President Barack Obama, in the Rose Garden at the White House, prepares to speak at a press conference about the disasters in Japan, March 17, 2011. (Doug Mills / …
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UnPATRIOTic: Why Our Government Won’t Protect Our Rights – and What We Can Do About It
(Photo: Mecki Mac / Flickr) This spring, as he did last year amid conspicuously little fanfare, President Obama stands ready to sign into law a bill reauthorizing …
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Ikea Joins the Race to the Bottom
When it comes to ubiquitous symbols of mass American culture, the 1999 movie “Fight Club” aptly reminded us that bland Ikea furniture is now on par with Mom and …
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The Corporate Hijacking of Public Education
Michelle Rhee, the former Chancellor of DC Public Schools (DCPS), is the face of what needs to be called corporate education reform. The premises of corporate education reform are: …
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News in Brief: Obama Says No Let-Up in Libya Until Qaddafi Is Gone, and More
Obama Says No Let-Up in Libya Until Qaddafi Is Gone Along with English Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama committed Friday to pursuing …
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How Toxic Chemicals Threaten Youth Development
When my husband and I set out to find a nursery school for our daughter, Faith, nearly ten years ago we took the decision seriously. I looked at large …
State Investigating Vote Irregularities in Waukesha County Going Back Five Years
Guess what? As per our story published a few hours ago on the still-unexplained anomalies found in past Waukesha County, Wisconsin elections, it looks like the state's Government Accountability …