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Clean Energy President Embraces Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive Future
President Barack Obama meets with his National Security Staff in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Nov. 2, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) One …
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With People in the Streets, 1 Percent Congress Continues to Push Austerity
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) listens to a reporter's question on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 7, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) …
The Pro-Israel Lobby Courts African-Americans
Hasbara is the Hebrew word for a particular type of pernicious propaganda first employed by early Zionists leaders to explain the unexplainable actions of the Jewish administration in Palestine. …
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Thousands Surround White House in Protest of Keystone Oil Pipeline
Keystone XL Pipeline Protest at the White House, Washington, DC, November 6, 2011. (Photo: Emma Cassidy / tarsandsaction) Washington — On a sunny, cloudless day, thousands of …
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Happy Bank Transfer Day! Three Resources to Help You Leave Your Corporate Bank
November 5th is upon us — the day we are urged to move our money from corporate banks like Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citibank into small …
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Oil Spills Are Forever: BP Gets Slap on the Wrist for Oil Disaster (Part Two)
(Photo courtesy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council) In early October, BP and its contractors Transocean and Halliburton, were cited by the Interior Department for …
How Do You Illustrate Corruption? Artist Rachel Schragis Explains
(Photo: Justin Bianchi / Flickr) Rachel Schragis is a 25-year-old New York City-based artist, educator and activist who created a flow-chart visualization of the Declaration of the …
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My Presbyterian Cult
Robert Jeffress speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and a …
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Israel Intercepts Two Flotillas Bound for Gaza
Jerusalem - The Israeli military intercepted activists sailing toward Gaza on Friday, boarding their two small boats in international waters and leading them instead to the Israeli port of …
Reagan and Guatemala’s Death Files
Ronald Reagan’s election in November 1980 set off celebrations in the well-to-do communities of Central America. After four years of Jimmy Carter’s human rights nagging, the region’s anticommunist hard-liners …