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Picking Up the Pieces From Military Sexual Assault
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Nearly 90 percent of soldiers wounded in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - some 35,000 - survived battle injuries, thanks to …
Activists and Anarchists Speak for Themselves at Occupy Oakland
January 28 was not supposed to turn out the way it did. After Occupy Oakland failed to occupy its first two targeted buildings and had a short-lived street battle …
Too Dumb to Live? Executing People With Intellectual Disabilities
(Image: JR / TO; Adapted: timtom.ch, _Cape Town Craig) William Jefferson Clinton, aka “Slick Willy,” hungered for the White House. But in the early months of 1992, …
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As Contraceptives Rule Enters GOP Race, Will Reproductive Rights Affect 2012 Election?
TRANSCRIPT: AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh, as we talk about the whole …
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Ohio Lawmakers Introduced 33 Bills Last Year Based on ALEC Model Legislation
Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich (governor-elect at the time of this photo) speaks at a press conference at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 2010. …
Book Burning in Arizona
There is more at work in the attack on ethnic studies than the rise of Tea Party politics and specific acts of censorship.
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Ron Paul Calls for the Elimination of Public Lands
During a stop in Elko, Nevada last week, presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said that he opposes the federal ownership of any public lands. After stating that …
“Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder”: New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Guevara’s Death
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“Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder”: New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Guevara’s Death (2)
Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith are the co-authors of a new book about the U.S. role in the killing of Cuban revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Born in Argentina …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Negotiations to Extend the Payroll Tax Cut Have Once Again Stalled Out, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Karl Frisch in for Thom Hartmann here – on the news….