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Of DOMA, Defense, Duplicity, and Diligence
The ruling against DOMA frees LGBTQ servicemen in the US military to the same freedoms as their heterosexual counterparts.
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Dreams, Courage and Footsteps
Among those who have left their mark in Mexican-American history, are the Dream 9, undocument US citizens since they were small children, who face charges having challenged US immigration …
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Why Congress’s Gridlock Doesn’t Paralyze Government but Gridlocks Democracy
Just because the legislature has ceased to function doesn't mean our government has. Political decision making has moved to peripheral public entities, where power is exercised less transparently and …
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Get Radio-Active
Thousands of low-power radio broadcast licenses will be up for grabs by non-profit, community groups this October.
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A Lack of Spine on Egypt
Eugene Robinson: Obama should speak the truth and cut off military aid.
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Chris Hedges | Murdering the Wretched of the Earth
Chris Hedges: Our enemy is not radical Islam. It is global capitalism.
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Will Washington, D.C. Be Named “Reaganville?”
Itu2019s easier to abolish women and to send illegal immigrants to the moon than it is to improve our nation, at least for Republicans.
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Two Easy Ways for Congress to Raise its Public Approval Rating
There are two easy steps our Senators and Representatives can take now that will dramatically improve the public approval rating of the United States Congress.
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Screaming in Bradley Manning’s Trial
The prosecution focused, with much less success I think, on depicting Manning as an unlikable person. Should unlikable people get heavier sentences?
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Civil Disobedience as Law Enforcement
Future climate protesters can proudly proclaim that they are actually climate protectors, upholding the law, not violating it.