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The fact that Osama bin Laden is dead does not alter the landscape much at all.
US Refusal of 2001 Taliban Offer Gave Bin Laden a Free Pass
Washington - When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid- October 2001, he gave …
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Discovery of Bin Laden Hideout Spotlights Concerns About Pakistan’s Intelligence Service
The killing of Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani city dominated by the military has spotlighted a conundrum that Western counterterror agencies have grappled with for years: Is Pakistan's …
Haymarket and the Chicago Idea Resonate 125 Years Later
Haymarket Riot Memorial, on the corner of Randolph and Desplaines, Chicago. (Photo: avrenim_acceber) One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, a bomb exploded in Chicago's Haymarket Square. …
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Special Comment: On the Death of Osama bin Laden
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Protesting Corporate-ocracy in Ohio
Over two hundred people gathered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday for the nation's first-ever organized mass protest against powerful right-wing think tank ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. …
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An Appropriate Reaction to a Nonsensical Budget Proposal
Ruby B. White, 91, was a client of a hospice-care provider in 2007 that depended partly on Medicare for funding. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times) …
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Democracy on Hold in Benton Harbor
A homemade sign in Southwest Michigan. (Photo: Ryan Harvey) Michigan emergency financial management law “a violation of constitution,” say residents. While the country watched the …
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Our Brave New Budget Dystopia
(Photo: funky pancake/Flickr) As Congress members return from recess this week and resume their budget battles, I hope they will be meek, cautious and circumspect. I hope …
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House Budget Memo to Senate: Listen to the People
When the debate over the fiscal 2012 budget began, the country — or, more accurately, the media — was focused on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) proposal. Introduced on behalf …