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Op-Ed
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Days of Decision on Ending the Wars
If you don't see yourself as the sort of person who calls your representatives in Congress and urges them to vote to end the war in Afghanistan, stand up …
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It’s Time to Take Back Our Civil Liberties
It took the United States government nearly 10 years to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden in retribution for the September 11, 2001, attacks. Over that same period, …
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The Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Citizens Has Been Drugged
Movements for justice have historically been driven by a small percentage of any population. One percent of Americans nonviolently occupying Washington DC, could make Cairo and Madison and Madrid …
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A Medicare Moment for GOP
Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Washington - Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the architect of his party's radical …
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Why Elizabeth Warren Scares Republicans
"There is only one person who should lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and that is the brilliant advocate who championed it, the remarkable administrator who has helped get …
The Indignation in Spain Rises Gently From the Plains
For the past week, in anticipation of local elections this weekend (May 21-22), Spanish students and young people defied legal injunctions and held protests in the country’s major cities. …
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Why We Need to Rein In Government Contractors That Use Taxpayer Money for Political Advantage
President Obama is mulling an executive order to force big government contractors to disclose details of their political spending. Big businesses are already telling their political patrons in Congress …
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We’ve Got Each Other
Dear Reader, When it comes to upholding progressive American values, most of our institutions are in decline, if not already defunct. It’s pretty clear that we can’t …
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Why Some Liberals Attack Prophets Like Cornel West
The liberal class, which attempted last week to discredit the words my friend Cornel West spoke about Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, prefers comfort and privilege to justice, …
There Is Much More to Say
On May 1, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed in his virtually unprotected compound by a raiding mission of 79 Navy Seals.