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Morocco’s Organic Farming Is Growing
Shoul, Morocco - On a 50-acre farmstead outside the country’s capital, the scene did little to evoke agriculture on the cutting edge: Two lanky men in mud boots labored …
White House Working With Senator Graham on Indefinite Detention Legislation
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said that he is working with the White House on legislation that would allow some alleged terrorists to be held indefinitely without trial. The …
Homeland Security Targets “Criminal Aliens“
A little-known program run by the Department of Homeland Security is using inaccurate databases and functioning "as little more than a dragnet to funnel even more people into the …
Little Resistance to Gay Troops Among Soldiers
Amman, Jordan - Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was nearing the end of a 25-minute question and answer session with troops serving …
More States Move Toward Single-Payer Health Care
A bill to create single-payer healthcare in California has passed that state's senate for the third time now. Californians just need to persuade a governor to sign it. Single-payer …
1984 in 2010: Hijacking Democracy to Spy on Americans
Nearly a decade ago, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) stood alone as the Senate's constitutional conscience. Casting the only dissenting vote against passage of the Patriot Act in 2001, he …
Nuclear Plants Back in Vogue, as Climate Bill Stalls
Washington - After decades of debate, the United States is poised to build its first new nuclear reactors since the early 1970s. Speaking at a job training centre northeast …
NOW | Will Angry Voters Toss Out the Incumbents This Fall?
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Tell Me: What Is Maya?
The masses are taught the ideal of a moral life, but the individual is taught the inner life. - Moebirman “But what,” my new friend says, "if it …
Team America Kills Five Kids in Marjah
“Civilian casualties are inevitable,” said US officials before launching their weekend military assault on Marjah in southern Afghanistan, and in this case, they were telling the truth. Yesterday, The …