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How America Became a Third World Country
America is investing in war in distant lands as it crumbles here at home.
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Obama Administration Approves ALEC Model Bill for Fracking Chemical Fluid Disclosure on Public Lands
Almost two years after FracFocus' debut, it is important to scrutinize its disastrous performance.
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Maybe It’s That They’re Not As Free Yet?
Stop——as they say——the presses. We just found out the reason for high black unemployment, bad neighborhoods, and other black problems. Too many black people think black people with "books …
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The Green Shadow Cabinet and a Mental Health Declaration of Independence
In what has become a “psychiatric-pharmaceutical industrial complex,” giant drug companies have corrupted mental health institutions, research, and practice. Most major mental health organizations and institution from which the …
Chattanooga Organized for Action Fact Checks Congressman Paul Ryan, Calls for Greater Scrutiny of Politically Active Non-Profits
A small social justice non-profit organization from Chattanooga, Tennessee is calling out former Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan for factually incorrect statements he made about them during his widely reported …
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Anger is a Gift
Public school teachers should be angry. During the last decade, public school teachers in the United States have been forced to realize the brutal truth about their profession: everyone …
New Report Confirms Crisis of Prisoner Rape
Bureau of Justice Statistics finds that levels of abuse have remained consistently high over six-year period u2013 and uncovers appalling victimization rates for mentally ill inmates.
“The Unimaginable Has Happened”: Massive Tornado Kills Dozens, Flattens Suburb of Oklahoma City
Dozens have been killed and more than 200 wounded in a devastating tornado in Oklahoma.
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The Tragedy of Self Immolation – No One Cares
Self-immolation isn't what it used to be. This ultimate form of protest became global news in 1963 when the venerable monk Thich Quang Duc set himself ablaze in the …
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Follow Guatemala’s Lead: Convene a Genocide Case Grand Jury
A Guatemalan court has ordered a criminal investigation of all others involved in the Rios Montt crimes. It won't be easy. Prosecutors and judges will be risking their careers …