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Congresswoman Accepts Money Tied to For-Profit Colleges, Then Touts Schools’ Efficiency
Rep. Virginia Foxx, who heads the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, has accepted campaign contributions from several for-profit colleges. (Photo: republicanconference) Rep. Virginia Foxx, a North …
What’s Ahead for Guantanamo Camps in New Decade?
Miami - Ten years ago, U.S. troops marched 20 men in chains off a military cargo plane at Guantanamo Bay to launch America’s war-on-terror experiment in offshore detention and …
How Media and Pollsters Pundify the Public and Marginalize Actual Ideas
As so many follow “the opinion polls” in New Hampshire, keep this in mind: They don't measure opinion. The tracking question being continuously asked is some minor varient of …
The Battlefield and the Barracks: Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The distinction between military support and combat roles vanished in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars of occupation. With this blurring of boundaries, …
Romney Looks Like the Nominee, but His Flaws Could Hurt Come Fall
Merrimack, New Hampshire - Mitt Romney heads out of New Hampshire on Wednesday on a probable march to the Republican presidential nomination — but with scars and weaknesses that …
GOP Candidates’ Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Up to 270 Times Larger Than Their Tax Cuts for the Middle Class
The 2012 Republican candidates are largely in lockstep when it comes to economic policy, wanting to give huge tax cuts to the rich and corporations while doing next to …
Women in the Battlefield and the Barracks: A Five-Part Series on Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The first decade of the 21st century was a record one for women serving in the US military: Women constituted 14 percent …
In New Hampshire, Occupiers Live Free or “Die-In“
“Live free or die,” the man instructed, and they all promptly died. This was Monday's “Die-in,” an Occupy New Hampshire event in the parking lot of the …
Have the Super-Rich Seceded From the United States?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) It was in 1993 during Congressional deliberation over the North American Free Trade Agreement. I was having lunch with a staffer for …
Mitt Romney: Vulture Capitalist
One of the benefits of the seemingly endless Republican primaries, aside from the entertainment value, is the opportunity to discover how right the candidates are ... about each other. …