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Frontline’s Fukushima “Meltdown” Perpetuates Industry Lie That Tsunami, Not Quake, Started Nuclear Crisis
In all fairness, “Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown,” the Frontline documentary that debuted on US public television stations last night (February 28), sets out to accomplish an almost impossible task: …
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Why Was Stephon Watts Killed?
Stephon Watts suffered from autism, but he was like other 15-year-olds in many ways. He loved to fix computers, watch YouTube and read Dr. Seuss books. On …
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Regaining a Spirit of Defiance
The course of action taken by the present-day U.S. political class in addressing the era’s rising tide of economic hardship and ecological peril has proven as helpful as tossing …
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The Two Cadillacs Fallacy
Former Gov. Mitt Romney speaking at the 2012 CPAC in Washington, DC, February 10, 2012. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Washington - Maybe Rick Santorum is helping Mitt Romney …
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Poll Finds Unprecedented 25-Point Gap Between Supporters and Opponents of Marriage Equality
A 25-point gap now separates supporters and opponents of marriage equality in California, with 59 percent of residents backing same-sex marriage and just 34 percent opposing it, a new …
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Santorum Brainwash
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How the Media Got the Parchin Access Story Wrong
News media reported last week that Iran had flatly refused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to its Parchin military test facility, based on a statement to reporters …
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Drone-Strike Survivors Ask, “What Kind of Democracy Is America?“
A member of the 214th Reconnaissance Group flies a Predator aircraft drone in support of ground troops in Iraq and Afghanistan at Davis-Monthan Air Base in Tucson, March 10, …
How Empires Fall (Including the American One): A TomDispatch Interview With Jonathan Schell
When Jonathan Schell’s The Unconquerable World, a meditation on the history and power of nonviolent action, was published in 2003, the timing could not have been worse. Americans were …
Who Stole the American Dream in Broad Daylight?
(Image: Connecting the Dots Productions) Mark Karlin: What role did the book “Global Class War” (2006) play in your formulation of the film?