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Phil Donahue: Whistle-Blowers, Dissenters and Progressives Are the Patriots
Phil Donahue says we are a nation of laws, until we are scared.
Twelve Years Before ERT’s Shutdown, a Dark Chapter in Greece’s Media History
Despite the significance of the government's sudden shutdown of 66 radio stations, just about all of Greece's major media outlets remained silent about the issue.
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The End Is Near!
As time goes by, the homes of the poor are ripped out and condos of the rich are built in their place.
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Trial Must Not Be Secret, Say Press and Lawyers
Sixteen major US news organizations and a hunger-striking detainee have asked a federal judge not to hold the first-ever trial of force-feeding practices at Guantanamo Bay in secret.
Game of Thrones, The Wire and the New York Fed
In the United States, for the most part, you don't have to do anything illegal: the system takes care of it for you.
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“We Know That Too Many Young Men in Our Community Continue to Make Bad Choices . . .”
The significance of getting this right is a better community for everyone to enjoy.
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Scaling Walls That Separate Our Leaders from Our Veterans
We do not treat war's invisible wounds effectively because for many reasons we do not understand them accurately.
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Jesusland?: Bible Belt Raises Welt of Corporal Punishment
I have a Who Would Jesus Bomb bumper sticker on a file cabinet in my office, and am certain that if this guided our policy in the US, we'd …
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Empty Nests of the North: “Massive Chick Deaths” in Seabird Colonies; Climate, Oceanic Changes Blamed
Warming oceans and earlier thaws are driving away the seabirds' prey, unleashing deadly, unseasonal storms and knocking tight breeding schedules off-kilter.
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On National Day of Maize in Mexico, Protecting the Sacred Plant
The greed of transnational GMO and biofuel corporations has led to a dispute over corn. They want to rob all our global communities of this sacred grain.