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A Prognosis for Greece
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Someday, one way or another, Greece will exit from its current state of indentured servitude. But what will …
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Fundamentalism Kills
Outside the sealed government district on Sunday, flowers and candles are left in memorial to those killed and injured in an explosive attack in Oslo, Norway. (Photo: Johan Spanner …
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Coercive Religion Misplaced in US Armed Forces
(Photo: Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy, U.S. Army; Edited: JR / Truthout) Raised in the Catholic Church, I was a pretty confused kid. Father O'Reilly, one of the …
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In Court, Suggestions of Hacking Beyond the News of the World
Front pages across Britain featured pictures of Rupert Murdoch apologizing for phone hacking at The News of the World. But further suggestions that the practice spread beyond his newspaper …
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Sen. Mike Lee: I Want America’s “House to Come Down” Unless Congress Votes to Rewrite Constitution
In an interview on MSNBC’s Hardball Monday evening, tenther Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) admitted that he is using the threat of a catastrophic default to extort the nation into …
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Murdoch Veterans Portray an Engaged Boss
It was the political scoop of the year, a damning, serialized exposé in The Daily Telegraph about how British politicians were abusing their parliamentary expense accounts to pay for …
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Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose U.S. Media’s Double Standard on “Terrorism“
Numerous news outlets and commentators initially blamed the attacks in Norway on Islamic militants. Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper, The Sun, ran a front-page headline that read, "'Al-Qaeda' Massacre: Norway’s …
Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose US Media’s Double Standard on “Terrorism” (2)
On the News With Thom Hartmann: If Boehner’s Plan Passed, Standard and Poor’s Will Immediately Downgrade US Credit Rating, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Detroit: A New American Frontier
Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: dharder9475) Detroit has become a byword for extreme urban contraction. Yet as the population, industry, and built environment of the city of …