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Are We Still Capable of Educating for “Us-ness?“
Ronald Reagan delivered some one-liner doozies, one of which is still a favorite of several members of Congress and talking heads on cable news: "The most terrifying words in …
The Misguided Debate On US Muslims
Laurie Goodstein's September 5 New York Times article, “American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?” was intended as a sympathetic reading of the concerns of US Muslim communities facing …
Latest Afghanistan Operation Called “Success,” but No Press Witnessed It
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan – A major military operation involving hundreds of American troops, U.S. Special Forces and heavy bombers dropping 2,000-pound bombs on Taliban command and control centers wrapped …
UN Forestry Plan Could Increase Logging, Advocates Warn
Forestry advocates are warning that a UN-backed plan to preserve disappearing forests in poor nations could do the opposite if alleged loopholes are not closed. Under the politically popular …
The Cartoonist and the Pastor
The political motives behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to present a Press Freedom Award to Kurt Westergaard - the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Mohammed ignited …
Stories to Save Lives
Angel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer Andrea Lyon Kaplan Publishing New York, 2010
Stop the Anonymous Hit Men: Make Shadowy Campaign Money the Issue
I've been going door-to-door canvassing and it's not that bad. Really. It's actually kind of fun, but only because I've found a way to break through people's cynicism. It …
Asked if He Will Engage Shareholders Before Doling Out Company’s Political Contributions, Murdoch Says “No“
At an annual shareholders meeting yesterday, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch said that his political donations to Republican political entities like the Chamber of Commerce and the Republican Governors …
Glenn Beck Brings ExxonMobil-Linked Religious Front Group to Tell Christians Not to Believe in Climate Change
In June, ThinkProgress published an exclusive investigation into the Cornwall Alliance — a corporate front designed to deceive evangelicals into doubting the science underpinning climate change.
Haiti’s 1.3 Million Camp Dwellers Waiting in Vain
Grand Goave - Rosie Benjamin is just one of over 1.3 million people living in Haiti's 1,354 squalid refugee camps. She and 1,200 others are jammed into 300 tents …