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Top GOP Strategist Admits He’s “Scared” of Occupy Wall Street Because It’s “Having an Impact“
The The Republican Governor’s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz, who offered a coaching session for attendees about how they should communicate to the …
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EXCLUSIVE: An Open Letter to the US Congress From Members of the British Parliament About Guantanamo
A photograph of UK citizen and Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer with his two children. (Photo: Family photo released to Clive Stafford-Smith, legal attorney for Shaker) As a …
Occupying Wall Street and Tahrir Square: Feathers of the Same Bird
As images rolled in this week of the Egyptian authorities' assault on protesters in Tahrir Square, observers in the United States could not escape thoughts of the official violence …
America’s Illegal Chemical Weapons Stockpile
On November 28, the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) opened its 16th session in The Hague, Netherlands. Information on it can …
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Choices for Defecting Syrian Soldiers
Mass uprisings against oppressive governments put the regime’s soldiers in a precarious situation. When ordered to repress the rebelling populace, they can obey those orders to apply military action …
The Lost Opportunity of Iran-Contra
If you want to solve the perplexing mystery of modern-day America – and understand what went so terribly wrong – an important place to look for clues would be …
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Why OWS Is Allowed to Have iPads and Laptops
The advent of the Internet has helped define the Millennial generation. The most tech-savvy generation to date has already made a splash in history: we have mastered all things …
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Arundhati Roy: “The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution“
Arundhati Roy, speaking at a Harvard conference in April, 2010. (Photo: jeanbaptisteparis) Sitting in a car parked at a gas station on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, …
Senators Have Ideas for Cutting the Military Budget
You might not know it from national press reports, but there are plenty of members of Congress of both political parties who think that cutting the military budget is …
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New Hampshire GOP Speaker Discourages Students from Voting Because They’ll Vote “Liberal“
As ThinkProgress has been reporting, the slew of unnecessary voter ID laws passed by Republicans in many states this year are a transparent attempt to disenfranchise core Democratic voters, …