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Bill Moyers: He’s Back, Just as Curious as Ever
Bill Moyers, of the former PBS series, “Bill Moyers Journal,” at the City University of New York, December 14, 2011. Just 20 months after retiring, Moyers is returning to …

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“It Was a Sunny Day“
Pfc. Brandon Neely worked as a miitary guard at Guantanamo when the detention camp opened ten years ago today. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Neely) A former Guantanamo …

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Confrontation Between Pakistan’s Army, Government Spark Coup Concerns
Islamabad, Pakistan - The confrontation between the civilian government and the army in Pakistan turned into a bitter open clash Wednesday, when the military warned that remarks this week …

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire, and More
TRANSCRIPT: I'm Karl Frisch in for Thom Hartmann here – on the news…

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Guantánamo Detainees Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Prison’s Tenth Anniversary
Detainees at the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay launched a hunger strike today marking the prison’s 10th anniversary, inspired in part by U.S. activists who have called for …

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The GOP’s 2012 Iowa Caucuses: A National Model for Transparent Democracy
Before we move on to the nightmare of democracy and secret, concealed “trust-me” vote-counting which will comprise the bulk of the “First-in-the-Nation” primary in New Hampshire, I'd like to …

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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 …