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Education’s Biggest Design Flaw
I live on the west bank of the Indian River Lagoon on Floridau2019s East Coast. Across the Lagoon, in the distance, is Kennedy Space Center. For years, I walked …
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America’s Green Summer: From Vermont to Appalachia to Texas, Citizens Say No to Dirty Power
If government took seriously the outrage across the country against environmental pillage, it might respond legislatively rather than militarily. But rather than waiting for either response, people are acting …
Romney Pleases Political Donor on Israel
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is stopping in Israel to highlight his close ties to Prime Minister Netanyahu. But the visit also will showcase super Super-PAC donor Sheldon Adelson, …
Jaw-Dropping Corruption: America’s 47 Million Hungry Mouths Are Just Another Corporate Cash Cow
An attorney's courageous report exposes just how ruthless and greedy big business is capable of being.
Mission Failure Afghanistan: A Message Written in Blood That No One Wants to Hear
Imagine for a moment that almost once a week for the last six months somebody somewhere in this country had burst, well-armed, into a movie theater showing a superhero …
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The Cost of Being Raped
For years, hospitals in northeastern Wisconsin have billed sexual assault victims as much as $1,200 for the cost of their examinations, according to a new investigation.
Ties to Hezbollah Remain Murky in “Terror Plots” Targeting Israel
Following US news media coverage of the Burgas, Bulgaria bombing, one would conclude that the Hezbollah provenance of the attack can be determined from recent alleged Hezbollah terrorist plotting …
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Expecting the Worst
Paul Krugman: So when does the full-blown crisis start? Hard to say.
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Less Wall, More Street: Building Solidarity to Fight Repression From Coast to Coast
The project, called Less Wall More Street, seeks to help people make the connections between the repression of Occupy, the ongoing general repression of activists beyond that, and the …
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Special Investigation: The Earthquakes and Toxic Waste of Ohio’s Fracking Boom
Between the spring of 2011 and early 2012, a fracking waste injection well known as Northstar 1 caused more than a dozen minor earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio, including one …