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Oliver Stone’s Journey from Cold Warrior to America’s Untold History
Oliver Stone: I volunteered to fight in Vietnam and voted for Reagan. I started seeing through the lies and realized I had to start by understanding why we dropped …
At National Conference for Media Reform, Activists Hope to Stop Murdoch, Koch-Backed Consolidation
Democracy NOW broadcasts from the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, where some 2,000 people gathered last week to look at how media, technology and democracy intersect.
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The Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal
Calm down, white people. You're going all Michael Vick again. You'd think these cheating teachers were there with Vick when he created the sport of dog fighting. What's that …
Experts Challenge Findings in Florida’s Statewide Task Force Report on Prescription Drugs Abuse and Newborns
Today, four leading experts in law, medicine, and addiction treatment, Robert G. Newman, MD, MPH, Lynn M. Paltrow, JD, Sharon Stancliff, MD, FAAFP and Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, FACOG, …
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Open Letter on Guantanamo Hunger Strike Released
We are writing to express the deep concerns of Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR) regarding the hunger strike of the detainees at the detention center at Guantánamo Bay. While …
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Farmers and Consumers vs. Monsanto: David Meets Goliath
Thousands of farmers across the nation fight against Monsanto's GM crops and corporate mentality.
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Social Security Cuts: More Than Money At Stake
The Obama administration threatens to cut social security benefits under the failed idea that the program is not as important today as it was under FDR.
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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the “Stonewall” of the Climate Movement?
Bill McKibben: If awareness on climate grows as slowly as it has on gay rights, we'll be rallying in scuba masks.
Supply Chain Problems Hitting Hospitals Near You
Recent report on massive drug shortages in hospitals around the country reveals corporate greed is more valued than the health of patients.
Obama Administration Takes Aim at TPP Countries’ Public Interest Policies in New Report
Report indicts health, financial, religious and other sensitive policies as u201ctrade barriersu201d to be eliminated, spotlighting contentiousness of TPP negotiations.