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Defunct War Strategy Program May Still Overshadow University of Wisconsin-Madison’s History of Dissent
Once viewed by some as a “rising star” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, historian Jeremi Suri announced in early May that he was leaving Madison to pursue his fame …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate to Vote on Bill That Allows the US Military to Capture Civilians Anywhere in the World Without Charges or Trial, and More
In today's On the News segment: Occupy Los Angeles is still camped outside of City Hall, the Senate is getting closer to giving the president more powers to detain …
Washington Frets Over Pakistan Response to Soldiers’ Deaths
Washington - As the Pentagon scrambled Monday to satisfy Pakistani demands for a full accounting of Saturday's lethal air attack on two border posts, official Washington expressed hope that …
Where Do “Black Friday” Revenues Go? Corporate Campaign Spending After Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Another “Black Friday” blitz of sales and shopping, some of it sadly of the violently “competitive” variety, has passed us by. Consumer spending for the “holiday” was at record …
“How Could This Happen in America?” Why Police Are Treating Americans Like Military Threats
“How could this happen in America?” “Is this still my country?” In the past few days, those and similarly poignant Twitter posts have appealed to …
The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street protesters, along with union workers, stage a demonstration on the pedestrian walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Todd Heisler / …
Washington State Set to Slash Education and Health Care for the Poor
A premeditated crime is about to take place on November 28, 2011. With police across the country obsessively focused on enforcing camping regulations on Occupy activists, dangerous …
Time to Retake Politics From the One Percent in Both Political Parties
The country is still celebrating the inability of the supercommittee to cut Social Security and Medicare, but it is important to move on from this victory to retake control …
Fukushima and Okinawa: The “Abandoned People” and Civic Empowerment
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami along the Pacific coastline of Northeastern Japan brought devastation reminiscent of the 1945 atomic and incendiary bombing that devastated whole towns, …
BP on Trial at the Occupation
(Photo: Thomas Hawk; Edited: JR / TO) This is not the first courtroom where I've faced off against BP, British Petroleum. But this time, I was outdoors, …