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Fact-Checking the Democratic Party Platform
In the key areas of bank regulation, law enforcement, labor, trade policy, climate change and civil liberties, there is more than a little difference between the Obama administration's record …
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How Genetically Modified Corn Is Creating Super Worms
What information did the Monsanto Company pay $4.2 million dollars to keep from the public?
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Chicago Teachers Find Emanuel’s Prominent DNC Speaking Slot “Ironic“
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking the hardline with the city's teachers' union and eschewing the negotiation table for a DNC speaking slot.
Why #OccupyIsaac Makes Sense
The Occupy Movement is using the communications capabilities of InterOccupy and its national & international reach, to bring together the Common Ground Collective & Food Not Bombs, in a …
The Widespread War on Reproductive Rights
National polls show that most of the public supports birth control and abortion rights. So whatu2019s with the trend of trying to limit them?
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George Lakoff: Low Information or High Morality?
The job of progressives is to speak morally to morally complex voters to activate the progressive moral system already there in their brains.
At DNC, Ex-Presidential Hopefuls Jesse Jackson and Dennis Kucinich on 2012 Race, Obama’s First Term
On the convention floor Tuesday night, we interview two former presidential candidates, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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Democratic Platform Supports Amending Constitution to Reverse Citizens United
The platform approved by delegates on Tuesday attacks Republicans for applauding the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision and calls for campaign finance reforms to reverse the landmark ruling.
Truthout on the Mexican Border Series: Revealing What is Behind the US War on Drugs
The true intent of United States Foreign Policy in regards to the war on drugs in Mexico and Latin America is hidden behind many pantallas (screens in Spanish). In …
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick: “It Is Time for Democrats to Grow a Backbone”
In making the case for the re-election of President Barack Obama Tuesday night at the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick called on Democrats to …