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Gitmo: A Fight Obama Never Had the Stomach For
Signs point to Gitmo remaining open for the duration of Obama's second term, says Sam Sacks.
Egypt Aflame Over Protests
Late this evening, President Mohammad Morsi declared Emergency Law in three provinces around the Suez Canal that are ablaze in protests.
Fruitvale, Depiction of Oscar Grant’s Last Day of Life, Takes Top Prizes at Sundance Film Festival
“Fruitvale” tells the story of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old Bay Area resident who was shot dead by a transit police officer in Oakland on New Yearu2019s Day in 2009.
US Rep. Peter Welch on Amgen’s Sweet Senate Deal
Bill talks to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) about the Senateu2019s costly giveaway to the worldu2019s largest biotechnology firm.
Obama Administration Fails to Prosecute Banking Fraud to “Save the System”
James S. Henry commenting on PBS documentary
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Abuse and Fear of the Natural World
...Despite the value of the Holmes Run Creek, every so often and quite surreptitiously, crews of city loggers would invade the Creek, cutting down most of its luxurious trees …
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Jesse Long-Bey Joins the Ancestors
Jesse Long-Bey, activist, teacher and longtime Michigan Citizen editor, passed away last week, leaving behind a powerful legacy.
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The Great Dismal: “What We Speak Becomes the House We Live In.”
The repercussions of our acts - the constructs we create - endure well past the dissolution of our convictions and desires. Our actions exist as living architecture that surrounds …
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Tolerating Torture: Rebuttal of “Zero Dark Thirty” Director Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow might believe in her right to depict torture on film, but she is less open to discuss the responsibility her film
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Lost in Their Own Wilderness
Lost in their own paranoid delusions, these days the Republican party seems to be their own worst enemy.