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Building Hope in the Time of Obama
The mayor of my town just north of New York City lives one street away. He was - until last month - a visibly proud supporter of Barack Obama: …
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Watchdog Says FBI Broke Law, Made Up Phony Terrorist Threats to Obtain Phone Records
The FBI illegally obtained thousands of private phone records from telecommunications companies during the Bush administration's tenure in office, according to a report released Wednesday by the Department of …
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When the Media Is the Disaster: Covering Haiti
Soon after almost every disaster the crimes begin: ruthless, selfish, indifferent to human suffering, and generating far more suffering. The perpetrators go unpunished and live to commit further crimes …
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Froma Harrop | The Real Miracle Happened Four Years Ago
The miracle in Massachusetts was made possible through a bigger miracle four years ago. That's when the commonwealth became the first and so far only state to guarantee near-universal …
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Robert Scheer | What Massachusetts Got Right
The president got creamed in Massachusetts. No amount of blaming this disastrous outcome on the weaknesses of the local Democratic candidate or her Republican opponent's strengths can gainsay that …
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Haiti: Aid or the Marines?
Although Haiti needs an exceptional international mobilization, Washington's assumption of military control there assumes some counterproductive aspects and is not without ulterior geo-strategic motives. Five days after the earthquake …
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Haitian Radio Helps Keep a Country Afloat
Signal FM, a music radio station, survived the quake and is helping others in the aftermath. Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Radio presenter and DJ, Jean Gary Apollon, had just put …
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The Voices of Participatory Democracy in Venezuela (Video)
A review of Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots
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Six Deadly Chemicals You’re Carrying in Your Body
A recent biomonitoring study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, has revealed that out of …
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Bill Moyers Journal | America’s Energy Challenge
Airtime: Friday, January 22, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings).