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Operation Streamline: Expedited Indian Removal
The daily spectacle of 60-70 short, dark people consigned to a private prison by a
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William Rivers Pitt | Boehner, Obama and the Triple-Dog Dare
President Obama's most significant achievement, his legacy for all time, could be facing down these cretins.
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Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction
In the history of our planet there have been five times when more than half of all life on Earth died. They're referred to as “mass extinctions.”
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The Striking Challenge of Fracking: Who Does It Benefit and Who Gets Hurt
Two experts on fracking debate the controversial topic with strong u2014 and sometimes opposing u2014 points of view as part of a new collaborative media project.
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The Reality of the Affordable Care Act
While Republicans were throwing their silly tantrum, Obamacare became a fact. There is no turning back.
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Breaking Away: Top Public Universities Push for “Autonomy” From States
Oregonu2019s three largest state schools are in the process of breaking away from the rest of the public system.
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Let’s Stop Starving Drug Offenders Back to Prison
Many states ban stamps for ex-prisoners, who face a 50% unemployment rate, making prison the only sure place they won't starve.
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American Craziness and Class Warfare
Paul Krugman: The monster the wealthy created has turned on its creators.
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Kings, Warlords and Theocrats Have No Place in America
The slow descent to the right after the Reagan revolution has diminished America's sense of democracy and replaced it with an outdated system of feudalism.
Is Western Civilization Becoming Criminal? The Case of the Mediterranean
These unchecked and unrecognized forces exacerbate the tensions of more and more people destroying life in the Mediterranean.