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WikiLeaks Sheds Light on Paul Ryan’s Questionable Human Rights Stance
While Paul Ryan's economic policy is widely known, his foreign policy views, which appear to prioritize economic and political gains over human rights, often slip under the radar.
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Millions Go Hungry as Congress Considers Food Stamp Cuts and Drought Threatens Crops
A Gallup poll released this week shows that 18.2 percent of Americans did not have enough money to buy the food they or their families needed at least once …
It Takes a Village to Get Control of the Pentagon: How Democrats and Republicans Must Walk a Narrow Path to True Reform
I want to talk about the reality of making some real changes in the DoD auditing and the budget, and what could work for people like me who have …
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Professional Malpractice by GOP Economists
Paul Krugman: So this is a campaign that's all about faking it - fake claims about Mr. Obama, fake claims about policy, fake claims about Mr. Romney's personal history.
You Say You Want a Revolution of Values?
I spoke this past weekend at the Kateri Peace Conference in upstate New York ( https://kateripeaceconference.org ) along with Kathy Kelly, John Horgan, Ellen Grady, James Ricks, Matt Southworth, …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Ron Paul Announces His Policy Positions Will Be Rolled Up Into the Official Party Platform, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ron Paul's campaign has struck a deal with Mitt Romney and the Republican Party, promising to not disrupt the convention next week, and …
Election Countdown 2012: Sanitation Workers Refuse to Stop Picketing for the Democratic National Convention and More
In this week's Election Countdown: Its a young crowd at this year's Repuplican National Convention as headliners are barely in their forties; Georgia has to borrow federal funding …
Social Security and Medicare on the Chopping Block
Despite the many expressed fears that the Apocalypse awaits us and the alarmist predictions that we are about to go over the proverbial cliff when it comes to funding …
Civilian Deaths From US Drone Attacks Much Higher Than Reported
Gareth Porter: New investigative work shows that civilian deaths in Pakistan, including from second wave attacks, higher than Pentagon reports.
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