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Italian Senate Approves Austerity Measures
Rome - With Europe under mounting pressure from the United States to move quickly to tackle its debt crisis, the Italian Senate moved speedily on Friday to approve a …
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Veterans Day Began as a Pledge to End All Wars
World War I was considered the war to end all wars. (Photo: Boston Public Library / flickr) Believe it or not, November 11th was not made a …
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Soldier Is Convicted of Killing Afghan Civilians for Sport
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington - The soldier accused of being the ringleader of a rogue Army unit that killed three Afghan civilians last year for sport, crimes that angered …
Henry A. Giroux: Penn State Crisis – the Failure of the University (Radio Interview)
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At Sotheby’s and Beyond, “Occupy” Movement Boosts Unions
What started as mostly young people hunkering down in New York’s financial district has mushroomed into an inspiring protest movement against runaway corporate power and staggering income inequality. …
Rebuilding Libya
Muammar Gaddafi’s misuse of governmental instruments and assets for over 42 years has left a gaping political vacuum, a severely impaired civil service, and a virtually non-existent civil society …
Occupy Wall Street Joins an Assembly of Struggles in Athens
From a glance at a recent front page of The New York Times, you might guess that a political meeting in Athens this week would be full of talk …
Righting the Voting Income Gap (2)
Long-standing efforts to increase the number of low-income voters have been paying off. Several voting rights groups point to data from the federal Election Assistance Commission that …
Occupy the Press
So here’s the question: Despite the media’s appalling coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement, is a more sustained and sustainable assault on the injustices of corporate capitalism gaining …
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GOP Candidates: Federal Student Loans Are “an Absurdity,” “a Total Failure“
Outstanding student loan debt is projected this year to hit $1 trillion for the first time, while the average college student now graduates with more than $25,000 in debt. …