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Hollywood Without the Happy Ending: How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror
Think of it as the CIAu2019s plunge into Hollywoodu2014or into the absurd. As recent revelations have made clear, that Agencyu2019s moves couldnu2019t be have been more far-fetched or more …
The US-Mexico Border Is a Site of Environmental and Humanitarian Disaster
The parts of the border that take the form of an actual, physical barrier are an intrusion on the landscape, an eyesore to many u2014 and to millions, a …
We Are In A Class War
The u2018Walmartizationu2019 of the US economy has created a downward spiral in wages and destroyed small businesses and communities while heightening the wealth divide that is at the root …
Bernie Sanders on 2016: His Candidacy, Elizabeth Warren and the Clintons
Senator Bernie Sanders recently announced that he's considering entering the 2016 presidential race if a strong progressive doesn't. He also mentioned that he likes Elizabeth Warren.
Welcome to the Memory Hole: Disappearing Edward Snowden
The future of whistleblowers' work might be in danger not because of a threat to their lives, but a digital threat to their legacy.
Contra-Cocaine Was a Real Conspiracy
The New York Magazine's mocking the proven Contra-cocaine scandal as a u201cconspiracy theory
The American Heart Association—Protecting Industry Not Patients
The American Heart Association continues to take massive from donations from non government sources and let their research be swayed by their investors.
A Victory for Diplomacy
President Obamau2019s failure to follow this doctrine, at least in the case of Iran, has made him a target for these warmongers.
“Thinking Globally, Acting Locally” in the Minimum Wage Fight
“Think globally, act locally,” has been the philosophy that many minimum wage fighters have been adopting in their fight for a living wage.
ALEC’s Extreme Legislative Agenda for 2014
The American Legislative Exchange Council meets in Washington, DC this week for its “States and Nation Policy Summit,” which is one of the ways ALEC crafts and pushes its …