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50 Organizations Seek Ban on Armed Drones
At the United Nations this month, Brazil, China, Venezuela and other nations denounced U.S. drone wars as illegal.
America Has an Industrial Policy – It’s Run by the Pentagon
Bob Pollin: We need an industrial policy aimed at jobs and a green economy, not massive public spending on the military.
“We Are Living in the World Occupy Made”: New York City Voters Elect Mayor Who Vows to Tax the Rich
Bill De Blasio is set to become the first Democrat to lead New York City in two decades. During his campaign, de Blasiou2019s signature message focused on what he …
Washington State Vote to Label GM Food Defeated by Corporations’ “Sophisticated Propaganda Machine”
Democracy Now! speaks with GMO label supporter David Bronner who spent $2.3 million on the
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Update on Killing of Andy Lopez
Daily peaceful marches, prayer vigils and speaking events honor Lopez and call for justice, as thousands in the northern California community continue to mourn and express outrage.
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Koch Brothers Secretly Funding Anti-Choice Movement
Tax documents reveal the billionaire conservativesu2019 real agenda: a full-fledged u201cwar on women.u201d
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NSA Spying Scandal Roils US-EU Trade Negotiations
One benefit of the NSA surveillance scandal is that it is endangering the international trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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Bill Ayers Weighs in on Democracy, Selfhood and His “Unrepentant Terrorist” Alter-Ego
Bill Ayers' book demonstrates the potential of memoir to infuse politics with humanity, conflict with compassion, backlash with love. The book paints an intricate and humiliating picture of the …
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Gun Culture In America: Our Slow Motion Collective Mass Suicide
A report cam over the AP wire last night that, if this were any other country in the world, would have been the top news story for days: "Multiple …
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US a Favorite Roost of Vulture Funds
Countries that have gone through severe external debt crisis may have been saved the severe shocks to their economies and austerity restructuring if reasonable principles were in place.