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Seeing “Islamic Terror” in Norway: Learning No lessons From Oklahoma City Mistakes
Right-wing terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik reportedly killed 76 people in Norway on Friday, by all accounts driven by far-right anti-immigrant politics and fervent Islamophobia. But many early media …

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A Prognosis for Greece
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Someday, one way or another, Greece will exit from its current state of indentured servitude. But what will …

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Fundamentalism Kills
Outside the sealed government district on Sunday, flowers and candles are left in memorial to those killed and injured in an explosive attack in Oslo, Norway. (Photo: Johan Spanner …

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Coercive Religion Misplaced in US Armed Forces
(Photo: Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy, U.S. Army; Edited: JR / Truthout) Raised in the Catholic Church, I was a pretty confused kid. Father O'Reilly, one of the …

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Detroit: A New American Frontier
Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: dharder9475) Detroit has become a byword for extreme urban contraction. Yet as the population, industry, and built environment of the city of …

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Speaker Boehner’s Disgrace
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at the Capitol in Washington, July 25, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Seldom have we witnessed a …

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Crash Club: What Happens When Three Sputtering Economies Collide?
(Photo: doncav) When my old gang and I were 14 or 15 years old, many centuries ago, we yearned for immortality in the fiery wreck of a …

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So This Is Despair
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters during a news conference about the nation's deficit and increasing the debt limit, at the White House in Washington on July 11, 2011. …

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You Maaad! How Fox News Uses Hip-Hop to Create Race Panics
Lupe Fiasco, performing at the 2011 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. Fiasco appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show, where he criticized President Obama's policies, leaving O'Reilly to defend the president. (Photo: eastscene) …

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Murdoch’s 12 Mortal Sins
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp., during an interview in his office in New York on Thursday, May 3, 2007. (Photo: James Estrin / The New …