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Rupert Murdoch Testifies as Hacking Case Shifts Focus to a Minister
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation in his office in Manhattan in May 2007. (Photo: James Estrin / The New York Times)London - With a political firestorm …
From an “Ocean of Wisdom” Springs Pillars of Peace
Trudging across unforgiving Himalayan passes and crossing ice-cold river currents, a 23-year-old Tibetan born as Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama XIV) began his legendary life in exile in March 1959 …
The Dalai Lama on Peace, War and the Aloha Spirit
When His Holiness Dalai Lama XIV visited Hawaii in mid-April to launch the Pillars of Peace Hawaii initiative, audiences rose in anticipation each time he shuffled onto stage, always …
Paul Ryan, the Phony Fiscal Conservative
While Paul Ryan has cultivated an image as a fiscal conservative and budget hawk, his advocacy on behalf of for-profit colleges, a scam which siphons $32 billion a year …
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The Weight
(Photo: _Pek_) It is brutally hard to be a Christian in America these days. Yeah, I said it. It's true. I'm a Christian. I was born and baptized, and …
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Brazilian Mining Giant under Fire for Deaths, Environmental Damage
Rio de Janeiro - Social movements from several countries accused Brazil's Vale, the world's second largest mining company, of causing serious environmental and social damage, as well as the …
Wars of Attrition: Green Zones of the Mind, Guerrillas and a Technical Knockout in Afghanistan
Recently, after insurgents unleashed sophisticated, synchronized attacks across Afghanistan involving dozens of fighters armed with suicide vests, rocket-propelled grenades, and small arms, as well as car bombs, the Pentagon …
Meet the Media Companies Lobbying Against Transparency
(Photo: Jeremy Riel) News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or …
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The Power of Individual Voters to Transform Their Government
(Image: Helen Cox) America is once again in crisis! All three branches of its government and its major political parties are controlled by a plutocracy composed of large corporations …
More Secrets on Growing State Surveillance
In part two of our national broadcast exclusive on the growing domestic surveillance state, we speak with National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney and two targeted Americans: Oscar-nominated filmmaker …