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This Land Is Our Land: Inheritors of Reservation Land Fight Back
Ariel Farmer, 14, left; Kyla Sharp Butte, 14; and Will Sharp Butte,15, hang out at the Gus Stop on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota on May 24, …
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Raid by Afghan Forces and NATO Ends Attack on Hotel in Kabul
Afghan soldiers return from fighting near the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, on June 29, 2011. Several heavily armed attackers stormed the hotel late on June 28, and security forces …
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Freedom Flotilla Ready to Sail Despite Threats and Sabotage
Athens - As the 10 ships of the Freedom Flotilla II - Stay Human make their final preparations to set sail for the Gaza Strip, purported acts of sabotage …
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Texas Budget Targets Planned Parenthood, Contraception and Women’s Health
In the race to crush Planned Parenthood, Texas is catching up with the pack. Thus far, multiple states have slashed funding to the organization, including Wisconsin, North …
Thom Hartmann: Second Japan Nuke… More Dangerous Than Fukushima?
Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. If Japan didn't have its hands full with one melted down nuclear plant at Fukushima - it certainly …
Prominent Turkish Journalists Imprisoned in Crackdown
Turkish soldier in Anitkabir, Turkey. (Photo: ozgurmulazimoglu) Reporters Without Borders brings international attention to the three month-plus imprisonment of Turkish investigative journalists Ahmet Sik, a reporter on …
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The Unanswered Question in Afghanistan Is, Why?
Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, captured during the opening remarks at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008. (Photo: Annette Boutellier …
Office of Special Counsel Must Change Climate and Protect Whistleblowers
(Image: JR / Truthout) Whistleblowers are an integral part of the system for providing oversight of the federal government. Ensuring that these government missions are done in …
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Libya Made Simple
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Don’t Make the Economy Worse
Washington - There is no good reason for negotiations on the budget and the debt ceiling to be deadlocked, because the solution is obvious: First, do no harm. …