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Former Guantánamo Prisoner Who Alleged US Torture, Drugging, Sentenced by Algerian Authorities
The detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pictured on October 4, 2007. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) The UK action charity Reprieve, whose attorneys …
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Three Years After Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Passed, Women Still Earn Far Less Than Men
Sunday marked the third anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first legislation signed into law by President Obama. The law, which expanded the statute of limitations …
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Adding It Up: Press Freedom, Democratic Health and Public Media Funding
This week Reporters Without Borders released its 2011–2012 Press Freedom Index, and much of the attention has focused on the fact that the United States has dropped 27 places to …
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The Largest Gathering of Humanity in the History of Bolivia
The Repression Strengthened Us! - Letter From Bolivia One wrong move, forgetting to take your hat off, the interruption of a phone ringing notwithstanding — after a …
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Amid “Turnaround Agenda,” Teachers, Communities Overshadowed by Corporate Reforms
The conversation about school reform in Washington is replete with big ideas—glossy proposals for “accountability,” putting the “students first,” fixing “broken” schools, all in hopes of making America “competitive” …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Billionaires Not Paying Their Fair Share in Taxes, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Republican primary race for the White House hits Florida, billionaires not paying their fair share in taxes, UN warns of rapid population …
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He’s Back: Leery of Leahy
After failing to get COICA (Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act) passed in 2010, he is back again this year with PIPA. Do not forget PIPA is the son …
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Conservatives’ Politics of Fear a Biological Response
The tone of this year’s Republican presidential primary (which now seems destined to last much longer than Mitt Romney had been planning) seems sort of, well, fearful. One after …
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New Film Exposes Rape, Sexual Assault Epidemic in US Military
Guests: Kori Cioca, formerly served in the U.S. Coast Guard, where she was beaten and raped by her supervisor and then charged with adultery because he was …
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One Hundred-Thirty Years After His Birth, We Still Live in FDR’s World
Government has a final responsibility for the well-being of its citizenship. If private cooperative endeavor fails to provide work for willing hands and relief for the unfortunate, those suffering …