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Random Notes From the Police State
William Rivers Pitt: Boston law enforcement did their best in a terrible, dangerous and deranged situation.
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Rangel’s Folly: Reinstating the Draft
Bica argues that Rangel and others who advocate compulsory national service to promote anti-war objectives are choosing the absolutely wrong tool.
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April 25: A Historic Day to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget
Thursday, April 25, is the new date to participate in citizen efforts to oppose proposed cuts to Social Security and veterans benefits and support cuts to the bloated Pentagon …
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The NRA – A Criminal’s Best Friend – Part 1
While the nation watches NRA-indebted politicians beat down new gun legislation this week, many are unaware of shocking, pro-criminal legislation the NRA has already pushed through. Despite the NRA's …
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Why It is Practically and Ethically Wrong to Apply Chained CPI to Social Security
A number of commentators have tried to argue that the reductions in future Social Security payments resulting from replacing the current method of calculating cost of living increases with …
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What’s In a Name? An Immigrant’s Perspective
Vân, Cúc, Trúc, and Trang; Dũng, Dai, Thanh and Phát. In my mother tongue these names carry music, cadence, poetry. They evoke for the listener images of clouds, peonies, …
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Putting Our Money Where Our Hearts Are
“I will give one for defense, but I'm cutting the whole offense budget,” the man said as he dropped one penny into the jar marked “Military” in our Tax …
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“Going Extinct Is Genocide”: Lakota Elders Tour to Raise Awareness About Struggle
As the US encroached upon indigenous territory, the government never allowed native women to negotiate.
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Will a Legal Defender of Terror Suspects Die of Cancer in Prison?
Lynne Stewart, in the vindictive and hysterical world of the war on terror, is a martyr, says Chris Hedges.
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Real Faces of the Minimum Wage
Most minimum-wage workers are adults, the majority of them are women, and many are parents who are trying to raise their children on poverty wages.