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First Nations Logging Blockade in Canada Passes 10th Year as “Idle No More” Support Grows
Like Idle No More, in Grassy Narrows the movement is being led by women.
The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
The real reason for the Second Amendment's ratification was to preserve slave patrol militias.
Turtles and Tomahawk Missiles, Together at Last? War is Not the Answer to Climate Change
Accepting and perpetuating the narrative of climate security through a national security framework, opens new and dangerous doors for the national security state.
America’s False History Allows the Powerful to Commit Crimes Without Consequence
Parry connects the dots from the sabotaged Johnson Vietnam peace talks to deceptions that led to Iraq.
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Sex Crimes Continue to Plague the US Military
Many men who assault women in the military see them as government property to do with as they please.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: White House Supports Immigration Reform With Pathway to Citizenship, and More
In today's On the News segment: Seattle teachers boycott new standardized test, and more.
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Aaron Swartz, a Spark in Life and Death
Depression alone didn't kill Aaron. In a statement released over the weekend, his family blamed the Department of Justice's prosecutorial overreach.
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Obama Says GOP Won’t Get “Ransom” to Lift Debt Limit
The president said Republicans would be responsible for the economic fallout if they refused to raise it.
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Michelle Rhee’s Failing Report Card
Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC's public schools, continues her work in education by endangering the financial security of public school teachers.
Canada Suspends Aid to Haiti; UN, US, Canada Spend Money on “Security” as Cholera Persists
Canada demands more effective Haitian government but most aid went to NGO's; failure of government a result of American and Canadian backed coup, says Mark Weisbrot.