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The Wonderful, Unpredictable Life of the Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street demonstration on March 15, 2012. (Photo: Sunset Parkerpix) By enabling people to find fulfillment in all parts of their lives, whether romantic, spiritual, political or …
For the Great Recession, a Third Jobs Relapse?
For the third time in as many years, jobs growth over winter 2012 once again shows signs of a major relapse this spring and summer. The Labor Department's employment …
Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out
Shahzad Akbar can no longer travel to the United States. Akbar is a Pakistani lawyer who founded the human rights organization Foundation for Fundamental Rights in 2010 and represents …
Into the Streets With Drone Education
In his March 20, 2012, article for Truthout (“Gated Intellectuals and Ignorance in Political Life: Toward a Borderless Pedagogy in the Occupy Movement”) Henry A. Giroux writes: ... [T]here …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Bill Gates Is Latest Donor to ALEC to Jump Ship, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republicans are lying to keep more Americans out of a job, Americans want to know if Mitt Romney is stashing money in offshore bank …
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Court Allows Britain to Send Five Suspects to US on Terror Charges
Washington - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Britain could legally extradite five suspects wanted in the United States on terrorism charges, including Abu Hamza …
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Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign
Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday, bowing to the inevitability of Mitt Romney's nomination and ending his improbable, come-from-behind quest to become the party's conservative standard-bearer in …
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Bring Back Fiscal Policy
The recent exchange on the nature of banking among Paul Krugman, Scott Fullwiler, Steve Keen and others has been feisty and instructive. But some readers might be left wondering whether the whole exercise …
Word Games: Removing “War” From the History Books?
As any good teacher should do on weekends, I have been preparing for my New York State Regents-based course in United States History. In light of last week’s revelations that the …
Training Terrorists in Nevada: Seymour Hersh on US Aid to Iranian Group Tied to Scientist Killings
Journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed that the Bush administration secretly trained an Iranian opposition group on the State Department’s list of foreign terrorists. Hersh reports the U.S. Joint Special …