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Oral History Collection Gives Voice to Incarcerated Women
(Image: McSweeney's Books) “Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons” Waldman, Ayelet and Robin Levi San Francisco: McSweeney's Books, 2011. …
US Leak on Israeli Attack Weakened a Warning to Netanyahu
When Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius this week that he believes Israel was likely to attack Iran between April and June, it was ostensibly …
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Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires’ Meeting for 2012 Elections
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) At a retreat last weekend, dozens of wealthy donors convened in a large golf resort in Indian Wells, Calif. for a four …
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America’s Jobs Deficit, and Why It’s Still More Important Than the Budget Deficit
President Barack Obama delivers remarks to plant workers at the Chrysler Group Toledo Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio, on Friday, June 3, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New …
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Protests in Tahrir Continue as Egypt Appears to End Siege of Interior Ministry
Demonstrators remove a barrier from the Interior Ministry building in Cairo, Feb. 2, 2012. Thousands of protesters rallied Thursday against the Egyptian military after at least 73 people were …
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Occupy DC Raided by Police in Riot Gear
United States Park Police bearing riot gear and on horse back raided Occupy DC Saturday morning and throughout the day, removing tents that were deemed to be in violation …
Jonathan Haidt Explains Our Contentious Culture
Jonathan Haidt. (Screengrab: Moyers & Co.) Jonathan Haidt Explains Our Contentious Culture from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT BILL MOYERS: Welcome. …
Why Black Union Workers Matter in This Year’s Super Bowl Showdown
Union leaders and workers demonstrate against the “right to work” legislation pending approval at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Jan. 24, 2012. (Photo: Peter W. Stevenson / The New …
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Black Mask: Trip Through an Anarchist Turf War
(Image: PM Press) “Black Mask & Up Against the Wall Motherfucker: The Complete Works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea and the Black Mask Group” Oakland: …
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Deadly Attack on Syrian City Adds to Push for UN to Act
United Nations - A United Nations Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria ended in acrimony and a veto by Russia and China on Saturday, hours after …