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The Republican Candidates’ Economic Agenda for the 1 Percent
This Tuesday, Iowans will officially kick off the process to nominate the Republican candidate for president. A close examination of all of the GOP candidates’ records and policy …
After Iraq, US Abandons Engagement for War on Tyrants
The Iraq War may well never be over since its objective of regime change continues to dictate U.S. foreign policy and spawn endless conflicts. Nine years after the second …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Montana’s Supreme Court Blocks Citizens United Decision From Applying to State Election Laws, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Occupy Wall Street movement celebrated the New Year by reoccupying Zuccotti Park late Saturday night, natural gas “fracking” just caused an earthquake …
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Five Reasons to Serve: What Doing Things for Others Does for Ourselves
At the height of the dot-com boom in 1999, a few tech-savvy friends and I walked into a homeless shelter to give without any strings attached. Our motivation? …
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The Arc Is Bending Toward Justice. But That Doesn’t Make Our Work Easier
As 2011 ends, the arc of the moral universe appears to be bending in the direction of justice. Developments in immigration, criminal justice and labor policy point to shifts …
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Iowa Republicans Poised to Remake Campaign for White House
Polk City, Iowa - Iowa Republicans will gather Tuesday night at fire stations, schools, libraries and community centers across the state to vote their choice for the GOP nomination …
Debacle! How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower
It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would result in a thousand-year Pax Americana. It was to be “mission …
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Panetta to Offer Strategy for Cutting Military Budget
Washington - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is set this week to reveal his strategy that will guide the Pentagon in cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from its …
Year of Global Uprisings, From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street: A Special Look Back at 2011
Today we look back at 2011, a year that saw the U.S. killing of Osama Bin Laden, the ouster of a dictator in Egypt and the death of one …
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New Graphic Novel Reveals the Orwellian Underworld of the Iranian Theocratic Regime
(Image: First Second) Over the past few years, Amir, an Iranian human rights activist and documentary filmmaker living in the United States, struggled to tell anyone who …