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Two Years After Invasion to Crush Uprising in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia Helps Fuel Conflict in Syria
Saudi Arabia is playing an increasing role in Syria, allowing the supply of arms and even the infiltration of militants to help the rebels' fight.
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Persepolis Publisher Responds to Chicago Public School Ban
Publishers respond to the recent banning of Marjane Satrapiu2019s novel Persepolis, a coming of age tale set in conservative Iran.
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Barnyard Sex Education
Sex education in Texas is a hot topic issue for both parents and students.
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Prison Profiteers Are Neo-Slaveholders and Solitary Is Their Weapon of Choice
Chris Hedges speaks with two longtime prisoner advocates about the shame of America's gulags.
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Ten Years After Iraq Invasion, Sunnis Who Backed Saddam Chafe Under Shiite Rule
And Kurds are angry at the prime minister's refusal to resolve the issues of revenue-sharing and oil sales.
Worms, Pond Scum and Economists
High youth unemployment is a grave problem, but don't let austerity hawks blame it on Social Security and Medicare.
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Medicaid
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Shooting an Endangered Species
Iraq: War’s Legacy of Cancer
Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tons of depleted uranium munitions.
Failed “Welfare” Programs and the Web of Poverty
The policies that create paradigms of poverty are often remote and administered with a hidden hand.