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Lessons Learned From Osama bin Laden?
President Barack Obama makes remarks about the death of Osama bin Laden during the Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 2, …
Now What?
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 …