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Inside the Syrian Uprising
As the Arab spring enters its second year, the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues. Scores are being killed by government forces, but international condemnation has not been …
NDAA Military Detention of US Citizens Breaks Through to Major Media – Not American One, the BBC
Breaking the major broadcast news media's blackout on the most radical elimination of American rights in U.S. history, Professor of Law Jonathan Turley speaks to BBC on the National …
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Push to Reform Prison System Brings Unlikely Allies Together
Arriving inmates have their shackles removed at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, July 6, 2007. (Photo: Jim Wilson / The New York Times) Over …
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Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary
Manchester, N.H. - Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, achieving a sweep of the first two critical contests in the 2012 presidential race and boosting his …
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Shadowy Group Behind Attacks on Climate Scientists Handed Setback in Court
The Montana Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling last week and reinstated the state's longstanding ban on direct spending by corporations for or against political candidates.
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California’s Medical Marijuana Morass
We’re riding south out of Northern California’s Humboldt County, pushing 75 miles an hour along the 101 freeway in a tomato-red Toyota Matrix hatchback with a tiny quartz figurine …
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Fleecing the Angry Whites
Since the days of Richard Nixon’s “Southern strategy,” the Republican Party has wooed angry whites with coded messages designed to play to racial prejudices – and that pattern has …
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How College Football Bowls Earn Millions in Profits, but Pay Almost Nothing in Taxes
When Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama meet in tonight’s Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship game in New Orleans, college football’s top prize will be on …
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Justice Department Finally Cuffs Sheriff Joe, but Not the Policy That Made Him
Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America,” will cooperate with the federal government’s demands to clean up his department after a three-year investigation found rampant racial profiling and …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Move Over Greece – Italy Is the New, Biggest Thorn in the Euro Zone
In today's On the News segment: The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling yesterday banning foreign nationals from meddling in our elections; White House Chief of Staff Bill …