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On “Lincoln” and Lincoln
“Lincoln” the movie raises key questions: Who was our sixteenth president, after all? And how best to represent him? “Lincoln” has more talking than action, and some audience members …
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Threatened a President But Passed Her Background Check?
It barely made the news—like this week's Delaware courthouse shooting that left three dead. But last week the New York Times reported that Alice Boland threatened administrators at Ashley …
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War and Institutionalizing Abuse
In the halls of Congress and confines of the Oval Office, the perception is that the U.S. is at war with an enemy called al-Qaeda. Is this actually the …
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Michael Moore | How Oscar Nominee Emad Burnat Was Held at LAX
Michael Moore: The Americans in the dining room apologized to Emad for the way our government and its security police treated him.
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Innocent Exhumed
As the 10th anniversary of the shocking invasion of Iraq approaches, the haunting image of a little boy still sometimes appears in my mind. Several years ago, his father—an …
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How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Revisited: The Financial Transactions Tax Alternative
The tax could raise $1 trillion in new revenue per year.
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Crude Oil Terminals and the Malleability of the Law
Lifting the crude export ban would open the door even wider for a climate catastrophe.
William Rivers Pitt | The United States of Aftermath
Ten years ago, politicians used 9/11 against us to unleash butchery for a payday. This is how they did it.
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You’ve Heard of the Birthers, Now Meet the Simpson-Bowlers
What are the exact devastating cuts and reforms that Simpson and Bowles want to make in federal government spending?
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Ten Years After February 15 Global Protests, A New Call
Ten years ago, millions of people around the world said “no” to war on February 15, 2003. Now, we say “yes” to peace; “yes” to demilitarizing, to having decent …