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Generals Behaving Badly
ust what are we to make of the decade of military hagiography weu2019ve just passed through?
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Report: America’s Domestic Workers Raise Kids, Care for Seniors, Run Households Without Benefits, Protections or a Living Wage
Domestic workers and caregivers toil for long hours, low pay and few legal protections.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Movement in the US Senate Aims to Abolish Indefinite Detention, and More
As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Republicans will likely hold things like extended unemployment benefits hostage.
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Obama’s FCC Set to Give Rupert Murdoch a Media Monopoly
We should be scared that the FCC will approve rule-changes that allow Rupert Murdoch's empire to expand.
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Quantico psychiatrist Claims Bradley Manning’s Pretrial Conditions Worse than Death Row
Yesterday at Bradley Manning's Article 13 hearing, professional military psychiatrist Captain Kevin Moore testified that Bradley Manning's pretrial confinement conditions at Quantico military brig were worse than that of …
Smoke Signals: Martin Lee on Growing US Movement to Legalize Marijuana
Martin Lee discusses the future of Colorado and Washington following the legalization of marijuana for adult use.
Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Cypherpunks, Surveillance State
In his most extended interview in months, Julian Assange speaks to Democracy Now!.
Most New Jobs Don’t Require College Education
Jeannette Wicks-Lim: The possibility of educating one's way out of poverty is getting dim as most new jobs only require a high school education.
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What “Grand Bargainers” Simpson and Bowles Really Stand For
Bernie Sanders: If enacted, the plan put forward by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will cause major economic pain to virtually every American.
Sucking Up to the Military Brass
Few things have characterized the post-9/11 American world more than our worshipful embrace of our generals.