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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” …
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New Documents Released of 2007 Iraq Atrocity by Troops
Every American should read this letter:
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Kim Jong-il, North Korean Leader, Dies
Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean leader who has been battling ill health following a reported stroke in 2008, has died, the North’s official news media reported on Monday. …
DJs Against Climate Change Create Localized Cap-and-Trade
Let's say... you're a DJ. And you're pretty progressive, so you think about things like the carbon footprint you leave, flying between gigs. DJs Against Climate Change has a …
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The Black Vote is Still the President’s Trump Card
That black voters will again give President Obama a sky-high percentage of their vote in 2012 was never in doubt. What is in doubt is how many will make …
Kenya’s Criminal Assault on Famine-Stricken Somalia
A view of the skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Yaaqshiid District, where Al Shabaab …
Cop Art: The Rise of the Citizen Satirist
(Image: janie-jones / Casually Pepper Spraying Cop Tumblr) “My name only comes up when some a-hole wants to end an argument..., ” Adolf Hitler yells to his …
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The Heart of a Lion: Botswana’s Bushmen Celebrate 5 Years On
‘The lion and I are brothers,’ a Gwi Bushman from Botswana told a Survival International representative when he was evicted from his ancestral home in the Central Kalahari Game …
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“Vietnam Ambush”: A Cautionary Tale
(Image: PublishAmerica) Vietnam Ambush Daniel Seidenberg Jr. PublishAmerica Baltimore, 2010 In the 1960s, the United States of America conscripted young men …
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A Man in Tunisia, a Movement on Wall Street, and the Soldier Who Ignited the Fuse
Protesters chant slogans against the political party of former President Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on January 21, 2011. The city was where Mohamed Bouazizi, a …