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From Prison to Parliament: Burma Pro-Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Seat in Landmark Vote
After more than 15 years in detention, Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won a seat in parliament, sparking scenes of jubilation among supporters. Suu Kyi’s National …
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Arizona Legislators Trying to Declare Pregnancy Two Weeks Prior to Conception
The past few months, we’ve seen the nation wake up to many anti-choice assaults on women’s basic right to control their fertility, especially with regards to imposing forced ultrasounds …
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Kochs, Lies and Videotape
David Koch, a billionaire known for his family's contributions to conservative causes, during an interview at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 4, 2011. (Photo: Gretchen …
Unmasking the GOP’s Faith-Based Economics
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)"I will do all I can to help you," Montague answered. "And you must be very severe with me," Lucy continued, "and not let me spend …
Broken Promises: America’s Forgotten Iraqi Allies Face Death and a Long Road Home
A medic talks to an Iraqi civilian with help from a translator. (Photo: Jametiks) A young Iraqi interpreter named Ali was riding with members of the United States Army …
EXCLUSIVE: “Guidebook to False Confessions”: Key Document John Yoo Used to Draft Torture Memo Released
Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee captured after 9/11, was tortured at CIA black site prisons beginning in May 2002. Seven of the ten techniques he was subjected came …
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Reconstructing America’s Economic System Is Within Reach
At the center of the traditional progressive theory is the hope that the political and economic power of the large corporation can be contained economically and politically through political …
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Nuclear Zero: Getting to the Finish Line
Almost five decades ago, I first visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was 18 years after the atomic bombings flattened the two cities, and in that time they had returned …
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Arizona Official Considering Banning Ethnic Studies in Universities, Too
Two years ago, Arizona outlawed the teaching of ethnic studies in K-12 schools, and now it may expand the prohibition to universities too. Just weeks after the state passed its infamous …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Homemade Explosive Device Detonates Outside a Wisconsin Planned Parenthood, and More
In today's On the News segment: Calls increase for Rick Santorum to drop out of primary race, homemade explosive device detonates outside Wisconsin town's Planned Parenthood, Occupy the Department …