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Media Malpractice on Debt Ceiling
There are specific patterns in corporate media coverage of political debates: Progressive ideas are generally marginalized. "Compromise" between the major parties is encouraged. Democrats should "move to the center," …
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Hope for the Hell of It
(Photo: Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits) Recently, Nelson Mandela turned 93, and his nation celebrated noisily, even attempting to break the world record for the most people …
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Three Ways of Looking at a Terrorist
Please read these words of an American woman living in Norway: "Our public officials have asked us to put compassion first, to nurture each other, …
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The People’s Budget Balances The Budget — Why Isn’t It Part of These “Deficit” Talks?
President Barack Obama during a meeting with Congressional leaders concerning the nation's debt ceiling, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington on July 11, 2011. From …
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Wisconsin Citizen Jumps Through DMV Hoops to Get Photo ID in Order to Cast Legal Vote
A video captured by a woman trying to obtain an ID so that her son can vote under new GOP laws in Wisconsin reveals some of the hurdles legal …
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Ransom Paid
President Barack Obama speaks about a debt deal at the White House on Sunday night in Washington, July 31, 2011. Obama announced that leaders of both parties in the …
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Obama’s Capitulation to the Tea Party
The raw deal on the budget ceiling has been cut. The Tea Party terrorists – the extremist faction willing to hold the economy hostage to get their way – …
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Did Bush Leave Us Bankrupt, Corrupt, Ungovernable?
President George W. Bush speaks to reporters in the Pentagon after he and members of his national security team were briefed on the latest developments in Iraq, Afghanistan and …
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Dangerous Worlds: Teaching Film in Prison
When I first heard that my college had formed ties with a prison and that some of our teaching assistants were already offering courses to inmates, I leapt to …
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Writers Cited in Breivik Manifesto Have Spoken at US Military Colleges as Anti-Terrorism Experts
In February 2009, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) received some very good news. A woman named Brigitte Gabriel had been disinvited from speaking at the United States Air …