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Populist Alliances or Senseless Wars and Corporate Welfare
Ralph Nader (left) and Ron Paul. (Photos: ragesoss, Gage Skidmore) Ron Paul and Ralph Nader have an intriguing idea. While both know that there are significant ideological …
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Washington Dysfunction: A Scorecard
Washington - Here's why getting to a deal on the debt ceiling is so complicated. President Obama's main goal is to get through this fight with the …
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New Guidance Allows Nations to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
A Whole Foods store in Edgewater, New Jersey, in July 2009. The initials GMO stand for genetically modified organism. Participants in the Non-GMO Project include major players in the …
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In Israel, a Tsunami Warning
A Palestinian demonstrator argues with an Israeli soldier, while other protesters run a bulldozer into a fence barrier close by, near the village of Bilin on the West Bank, …
The Invasion of Australia – Official, at Last
An Australian Aborigine with painted face. (Photo: Didrik Johnck) The City of Sydney has voted to replace the words “European arrival” in the official record with “invasion.” …
Bachmann Lies About Her Family History to Sound More Iowan
Michelle Bachman speaking at a “Cut The Spending Now” rally at the Capitol in Washington, DC on April 6, 2011. (Photo: markn3tel) With the announcement of her …
Exclusive: Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and Philosopher Slavoj Žižek in Conversation With Amy Goodman (Video)
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Michigan Guts Democracy and Now Aims for Workers’ Paychecks
It’s not enough that Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder took away basic democratic rights of cities and towns by imposing a “financial martial law” that can virtually abolish a …
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Flotilla Passengers Are Today’s Freedom Riders
Demonstrators on the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” which plans to be part of the international flotilla to Gaza, at a port near Athens, Greece, June 30, 2011. …
Losing the Plot: The Afghan War after bin Laden
With Osama bin Laden dead, can the United States finally bring an end to the Afghan War, its longest-lasting foreign military conflict? It's an obvious question, since the invasion …