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Why Governments Are Afraid of Twitter
Revolutionary actions that once would have been nearly impossible to coordinate are popping up thanks to tools like Twitter.
Did Someone Say Genocide? Syria’s Fake Sectarian War
The fate of Syria and the broader Middle East balances on a razoru2019s edge. The western media is giving dire warnings of an impending sectarian war between Sunni …
A Window on the Rightwing
The story of how Lawrence Davidson's vacation became a cruise into the mind of right wing Americans.
Former CIA Employee, Snowden, Blows Whistle on NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance
‘They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type,’ Edward Snowden told the Washington Post.
You Pay Walmart’s Workers as Company Keeps Its Money
Taxpayer-funded social welfare programs subsidize low-paying Walmart's profits to the tune of up to $2 million.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How to Pre-Convict and Pre-Punish an American Muslim
Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, many innocent Muslim men are still in prison due to a biased and antiquated legislation aimed to protect America from
Questions Surround the Kidnapping of Two Jesuit Priests in Argentina
It is unlikely that the questions and uncertainty swirling around Pope Francis's role in the kidnapping of two Jesuit priests during the Argentine military dictatorship will ever be definitively …
US Inequality Now Literally Off the Chart
Among the world's major nations, documents the UN agency dedicated to labor matters, only one currently has a level of inequality both high and rising.
Will Companies’ Health Care Programs Result in More Body Size Discrimination?
An analysis of whether employee surveillance is becoming a mainstay of the health benefit sector and the potential impact on workers.
It’s Time to Hit the Reset Button on the Fiscal Debate
Its seems we are stuck in 2010 as economic policy makers have not made the effort to change with the times.