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Art and Money
(Photo: Mo Riza / Flickr) In the US, artists and performers of all kinds have the possibility of “making it big” and gaining huge financial rewards. Conventional …
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Wikileaks Cables: US Worked To Scuttle Haiti Gas Development Deal On Behalf Of Big Oil
Earlier this week, The Nation magazine and the Haitian weekly newspaper Haïti Liberté announced a partnership whereby they would work together to publish findings from 1,918 U.S. embassy cables …
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ACLU Sues Rick Scott to Stop “Voter Suppression“
TALLAHASSEE - A pair of liberal-leaning groups sued Gov. Rick Scott on Friday to block an elections law that they say amounts to “voter suppression.” The …
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Anti-Abortion Groups Push To Outlaw Contraceptives By Redefining Personhood
A fringe anti-abortion group, Personhood USA, has been startlingly successful at pushing forward legislation across the country that would redefine life as beginning at the moment of fertilization, effectively outlawing contraceptives like birth …
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In Alabama, A Harsh Bill for Undocumented Residents
(Photo: ElvertBarnes / Flickr) Alabama has passed a sweeping bill to crack down on illegal immigrants that both supporters and opponents call the toughest of its kind …
At Long Last, House Debates and Votes on Libya War Powers
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) On Friday, more than two months after President Obama ordered U.S. forces into a war of choice in Libya without Congressional …
“Serious” Republicans vs. “Starry-Eyed” Progressives In the Eyes of the Beltway Media
Rep. Paul Ryan. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) The budget proposal released on April 5 by Rep. Paul Ryan (R.-Wisc.) includes tax cuts for the wealthy, tax …
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Risky Advice
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Natalia Devalle, NASA) Brighton – Why do we seem to be witnessing an increasing number of nasty technological surprises? Indeed, this …
The Hidden History of Mexico/US Labor Solidarity
The line of cars waiting to cross from Mexico into the United States. (Photo: Quentin Xerxes Zamfir / Flickr) In the period since the North American Free …
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Pakistani Militant Leader Reported Killed by US Strike
Islamabad, Pakistan - One of Pakistan’s most wanted militant commanders, Ilyas Kashmiri, has been killed in an American drone strike in the tribal territory of South Waziristan, residents and …