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NATO’s Real Motives for Libya Revealed
According to the New York Times (5/16/11), Gen. Sir David Richards, “Britain’s top military commander,” is proposing that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) target Libyan “infrastructure,” including electrical …
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Obama Administration Imposes Sanctions on Syria’s Assad
Setting the stage for a major speech Thursday on changes sweeping the Middle East, President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and six of …
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Single Payer in California?
The national debate over health care can be summed up in a bill being debated in Sacramento. Supporters of Senate Bill 810 say the legislation would be …
Indiana Supreme Court Ruling Destroys Fourth Amendment Rights
The Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled in Barnes v. Indiana that reasonable resistance to unlawful police entry into a person's home would no longer be recognized under Indiana law. …
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Every Budget Under Assault
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks at the Economic Club of New York, May 9, 2011. In the speech, delivered ahead of a second round of debt limit negotiations …
“Beyond Borders”: Documenting Transnational Communities
Graton, California - June 26, 2004 - A young man in his sleeping tent in a camp set up by migrant indigenous workers from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, …
Representative Schakowsky, Am I a “Provocation”?
In the grand scheme of things, Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky is one of my favorite members of Congress: progressive, smart, articulate, willing to stand up for what's right even …
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News in Brief: Yemen on the Brink of War, and More
Yemen on the Brink of War
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Eric Cantor Promises Oil Speculators That Republicans Will Block Financial Regulations
Video recorded by Campus Progress staff writer and ThinkProgress Blog Fellow Micah Uetricht. Yesterday morning, House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) visited the Chicago headquarters of …
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Democracy’s Dawn in Tunisia and Egypt?
With protests fading in Tunis and seeming to have peaked in Cairo, it is time to ask whether Tunisia and Egypt will complete democratic transitions. I have been visiting …