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The Year Dissent Came Back
A group of Occupy Wall Street protesters evicted from Zuccotti Park reconvene in Foley Square at dawn, in New York, November 15, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New …
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Obama Waits Before Asking for Increase in Debt Limit
Honolulu - President Obama agreed on Friday to delay a request to Congress to expand the government’s borrowing authority by $1.2 trillion, allowing lawmakers time to return from recess …
Low Friends in High Places: Triad of Business, Cops and Politicians Attack Occupy
A police officer rests while demonstrators are arrested behind him. (Photo: a c o r n / Flickr) A political campaign by San Francisco’s well-heeled “property owners” …
Scott Walker Getting Nearly Half His Donations From Out-of-State While Decrying Out-of-State Money
Earlier this month, a tweet from Slate political reporter Dave Weigel saying “Gov. Scott Walker just left ATR/Norquist Xmas Party” was the first news to most Wisconsin residents that …
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Why a Woman of Color Risked Her “Honorary White Man” Status to Blow the Whistle at EPA
(Photo: Emydidae / Flickr) I met Marsha Coleman-Adebayo in 1990 in Washington, DC. She was working for the World Wildlife Fund, an international environmental organization. Coleman-Adebayo was …
The Rain and the Reckoning
Dewey Square, the patch of earth that Occupy Boston protesters called home from September to December, is empty now.
The Port Shutdown Controversy: Corporate Profit vs. the Right to Protest
The San Francisco Chronicle's front-page headline “Governor to Oakland: ‘Keep the port open’ ” could have been gleaned from the newspaper's 1934 edition when Gov. Frank Merriam vowed to …
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Contractors’ Role Grows in Drone Missions, Worrying Some in the Military
Washington - After a U.S. airstrike mistakenly killed at least 15 Afghans in 2010, the Army officer investigating the accident was surprised to discover that an American civilian had …
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Keep an Eye on This Wild Card: Americans Elect
Washington - For all the roller-coaster tumultuousness of the primary season, the general election promises another strange jolt: the likely presence on the ballot in all 50 states of …
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The Belittle Big Bodies Banzai: A Year-End OWS Salute and Immune Key to 2012
(Photo: Michael Kappel / Flickr) Yes, Virginia, there really are silver bullets and here's a sterling one for you. After a lifetime clashing with monstrous …