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How Will the 99% Deal With 70 Million Psychopaths?
Did you know that roughly one person in a hundred is clinically a psychopath?
The Nature of the US Military Presence in Africa
On July 12th, TomDispatch posted the latest piece in Nick Turseu2019s u201cchanging face of empire
To Protect Democracy, the House Should Act Against Michele Bachmann’s Anti-Muslim McCarthyism
Rep. Michele Bachmann is using her position on the House Intelligence Committee to promote a conspiracy theory that government officials, including State Department official Huma Abedin, are part of …
Blair, War, Olympic Deals and a Glimpse of Another Britain
Today, 4.8 million victims of Agent Orange are children, all of them shockingly deformed.
Hide the Ball: Romney’s Long History of Hiding His Exorbitant, but Questionable, Business Practices
Since he launched his political career in the mid-1990s, through three previous campaigns, Romney has faced the same exact questions that he is now facing as a candidate for …
Mitt’s Offshore Shenanigans: The Bigger Story
All those official government stats on the maldistribution of wealth in the United States u2014 and the world u2014 vastly understate the actual extent of our contemporary inequality, says …
Why Dark Money in Politics Is Bad for Women
Supporting modest reform like the DISCLOSE Act would, in normal times, be an easy political win for Republicans.
Did the NYPD Break International Law in Suppressing Occupy Protests?
A new report just out documents how the NYPD used excessive force, arrested reporters, and concludes that police broke international law in their handling of Occupy.
Election Countdown 2012: Bankrupt California Cities Announce Plan to Seize Loans on “Underwater” Homes, and More
Two bankrupt Californian cities of Fontana and Ontario in San Bernardino County offer a bracing jolt to Washingtonu2019s passivity. Where the Obama administration has largely failed [succeeded] to ease …
Did the San Francisco Police Department Get Away With an Execution?
When the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) caught up with Pralourng, we don't exactly know what happened, but the latter wound up with two smoking holes in his chest, …