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Let Herman Be Gone
Washington - Responding to his insurgent campaign's first crisis, Herman Cain was upbeat and defiant. "To quote my chief of staff and all the people around this country, 'Let …
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Not Another “High-Tech Lynching“
Washington - It was inevitable, from the moment the story broke of sexual harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, that the parallels would be drawn to Supreme …
Michael Corcoran Discusses the Death of Keynesian Economics With Rick Smith
Press play to listen to Michael Corcoran's interview with Rick Smith about his latest story, "Democrats and the Death of Keynesian Economics": Click here, …
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Uncle Sam Helps Out With Student Loan Debt
Kansas City - Mallory Anthony laughs as she describes herself as "the face of student loan debt in America." But the 26-year-old woman who owes about $32,000 …
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In Central Park, Snow That Collected on Still-Leafy Branches Fells Even Hardy Trees
The storm struck trees of all ages and sizes in Central Park: oaks and elms outside the boathouse, birches and dogwoods near Belvedere Castle, magnolias and mulberries beside the …
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Cantor Rakes In Wall Street Donations While Calling Occupy Protesters a “Mob“
When the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations first gained some national prominence, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) derided the protesters as a “mob,” saying, “Believe it or not, some …
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Occupy the Winter of Our Discontent
Can occupations survive a winter of global weirding, escalated police brutality, and the corporate media's venom? Should they? In some parts of the country there will be …
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UNESCO Approves Palestinian Membership; US, Israel Suspend Funding in Response
Paris - Palestine became the 195th full member of Unesco on Monday, as the United Nations organization defied a threatened cutoff of American funds under federal legislation from the …
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Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections (2)
Eleven years ago, a waitress named Deb Simpson was elected to Maine’s state legislature—one of 116 candidates to run that year under the state’s newly implemented Clean Elections Act, …
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National Radio Project Speaks to Truthout’s Mike Ludwig About Ohio’s GOP-Funded Anti-Union Campaign
Campaign finance reports were due in Ohio last Thursday, and labor groups supporting a repeal of Senate Bill 5, a bill that would strip public workers of collective bargaining …