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Exxon Mobil’s Tax Rate Drops to 13 Percent, After Making 35 Percent More Profits on Rising Gas Prices in 2011
Exxon Mobil, the most profitable of the big five oil companies, made $41.1 billion in profits last year. Although Exxon made 35 percent more profits since 2010, its estimated …
Maddow Writes on America’s Love Affair With War
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent …
Support in US for Afghan War Drops Sharply, Poll Finds
Washington - After a series of violent episodes and setbacks, support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped sharply among both Republicans and Democrats, according to the latest New …
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The Occupy Files: DHS Investigated Anonymous and Kept Tabs on Political Hackers
Protesters wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and maybe a black hat or cape have been a common sight at Occupy protests across the country. On the street, they were …
Fault Lines: History of an Occupation
Fault Lines tells the definitive history of Occupy Wall Street from its early days through the movement's rapid spread up to the brutal crackdown by state authorities.
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Reproductive Rights and the Long Hand of Slave Breeding
I hate liberalism's language of “choice.” I always have. Redolent of the marketplace, it reduces the most intimate aspects of existence, of women's physical autonomy, to individualistic purchasing preferences. …
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Climate Change Disappears From Keystone XL Pipeline Debate
President Barack Obama walks with White House Advance Associate Valerie Tyburski following an event at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard near Cushing, Okla., March 22, 2012. (Photo: Pete Souza …
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Supreme Court to Hear Heart of Health Care Law Case
Supporters and opponents of the health care law demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 26, 2012. The Supreme Court on Monday starts three days of hearings on …
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Romney’s 2012 Campaign
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Maxwell’s Hammer Redux: Syracuse University and the Effort to Break Down the Rule of Law
In the wake of President Obama's new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which does away with habeas corpus for those who are labeled “terrorists,” it really shouldn't be all …