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Governance as Sadomasochism: Obama from the IRS to the Associated Press
What's extraordinary about the brewing controversy over the Internal Revenue Service's review of Tea Party groups' application for tax-free status is that the Obama administration enjoys the flagellation, the …
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Hit and Stay
The CIA has been so busy consulting on Zero Dark Thirty, not to mention funding Hamid Karzai, bribing Russians, lying about weapons, and conducting humanitarian drone murders, that it …
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Rough Sailing Ahead for Health Care Reform, But It’s Not Our Only Option
Affordable healthcare teeters on the edge as Republicans battle against it and Democrats fail to promote it.
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New Path to Citizenship Looks More Like an Obstacle Course
Despite hopeful protests demanding citizenship for undocumented workers, new legislation would make the path to citizenship more complicated.
The Collapse of Journalism, and the Journalism of Collapse
The 21st century has been characterized by bad news that keeps getting worse and worse.
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Boston Suspect’s Writing on the Wall
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly scrawled on the inside of a boat that he did what he did to avenge innocent Muslims killed by U.S. wars in …
Chicago Teachers and Parents Launch Three Day March Against 54 School Closings
Increased gun violence expected in Chicago as school closings will force students to cross gang lines in America's deadliest city.
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We Must Reclaim Our Farmland From the Rural Oligarchy
Industrialized agriculture is destroying civilization. But another way to sustain society exists.
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They Do Protect and Serve, Just Not You
Does anyone believe the NYPD hasn't long realized that there's no connection between the stop-and-frisk racial profiling program and preventing crime and violence?
New Era for Labor: Creative Defiance From the Factory to the Street
Wages arel at rock bottom while unemployment remains high. No wonder people are embracing new tactics.