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Noam Chomsky: The US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement Is “Part of a Global Program of World Militarization“
Hakim: We are speaking from the highlands of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, and we wanted to start off by thanking you sincerely for the guidance and wisdom that you …
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Without Autopsies, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes
When Renee Royak-Schaler unexpectedly collapsed and died on May 22, no one ordered an autopsy. Not the doctors at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md., …
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Shiny New War
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Occupation 2.0: Occupy Wall Street Challenges Neighboring Church, and Capitalism
Matt Heyd, associate priest and director of faith and action at Trinity, speaks to Malory Butler and Laura Gottesdiener, members of the Occupy movement, in New York, Dec. 15, …
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Missoula’s Supremely Important Vote
In November's elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi's state constitution. This extremist, anti-choice ballot initiative declared that a person's life begins …
The War on Drug Addicts – and Everyone Else
Needle supplies at the Down East AIDS Network needle exchange in Ellsworth, Maine, Thursday, October 29, 2009. (Photo: Craig Dilger / The New York Times) When Congressional …
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The Four Occupations of Planet Earth
Demonstrators protest the government of Vladimir Putin and results of the recent parliamentary elections, in Moscow, December 10, 2011. (Photo: James Hill/The New York Times) On the …
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If We Listened to the Pundits, We Would Still Be British Subjects
Protesters hold signs during a rally at the University of California, Davis campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011. (Photo: Annie Tritt / The New York Times) …
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Extension of Tax Cut Stalls in House as GOP Objects
Washington - The House Republican leader on Sunday flatly rejected a short-term, bipartisan Senate measure to extend a payroll tax break and unemployment insurance, setting the stage for a …
Comic Artist Alison Bechdel: The Personal Is Political
The final installment of Anne Elizabeth Moore's exclusive interview with Alison Bechdel appears on Ladydrawers today, illustrated by Gabrielle Gamboa. The bestselling and critically acclaimed author of “Fun Home” …