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US Nun Tortured in Central America Recalls the Nightmare
(Image: New York University Press) Experience, we are told, is a great teacher. If this is so, then my classroom was a clandestine prison and my …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reform and Labor Groups Announce Campaign Against Corporate Money in Politics, and More
In today's On the News segment: Exodus of advertising after Rush Limbaugh's misogynist remarks now affecting all of right-wing radio, a plurality of voters in Alabama and Mississippi believe …
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Chicago Spring Declares G8 Move a Victory
Taking nearly everyone by surprise, the White House announced last Monday that the world’s economic leaders with the G8 would not be enjoying the sights and sounds of a …
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Alleged Photos of “Clean-up” at Iran’s Parchin Site Lack Credibility
Washington - News stories about satellite photographs suggesting efforts by Iran to “sanitise” a military site that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said may have been used …
Affirmative Action for School Reformers?
Education Secretary Arne Duncan prepares to testify before the Senate Budget Committee. Duncan took the position after heading Chicago's widely criticized and troubled school system. (Photo: Medill DC) …
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NYPD Under Fire for Surveillance of Occupy Protesters
On Nov. 17, Kira Moyer-Sims was near the Manhattan Bridge, buying coffee while three friends waited nearby in a car. More than a dozen blocks away, protesters gathered for …
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Invisible Children Funded By Antigay, Creationist Christian Right
[Why does it matter, if Invisible Children was funded by controversial donors? Two reasons - one, we can assume those donors thought IC aligned with their agenda - which …
Tax on Out-of-State Political Money Could Outflank Citizens United
In southern Minnesota (Paul Wellstone country), a new revolt against money in politics has started. Should this revolt spread, it would provide a far quicker and more effective …
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President Obama on Drugs
President Barack Obama speaks at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, January 26, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) The White House teamed …
Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistleblowers
The Supreme Court building in Washington, December 19, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times) Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what …