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Making the Case From a Different Place
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: michael baird, BOSSoNe0013) A trio of ongoing and savagely expensive wars. A catastrophically expensive health care “system.” A national infrastructure collapsing …
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Guantanamo Detainees Stage Hunger Strike to Protest Confinement Conditions
Guantanamo detainee Fayiz al-Kandari, a Kuwaiti aid worker, lost 20 pounds taking part in a month-long hunger strike to protest his indefinite detention and conditions of his confinement. …
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I Agree: “Darn It, Let’s Raise Taxes“
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) (Photo: DVIDSHUB / Flickr) According to House Speaker John Boehner, "You can't raise taxes in the middle of a weak …
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Dying for TEPCO? Fukushima’s Nuclear Contract Workers
Liquidators Recruited by Ads In the titanic struggle to bring to closure the dangerous situation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant No1, there are many signs that TEPCO is …
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Wisconsin’s “Capitol City” Was Testing Ground for Participatory Democracy
A protester gestures from an upper floor of the rotunda at the State Capitol building, in Madison, Wis., February 27, 2011. (Photo: Nicole Bengiveno / The New York Times) …
Walter Mosley: Beyond “Birthers,” Trusting People (Video)
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News in Brief: Push for Anti-Abortion Bills at the State Level Continues, and More …
Push for Anti-Abortion Bills at the State Level Continues
Antonia Juhasz: Oil Companies Profit, American Consumers Suffer
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The Oil Company Gusher
Exxon-Mobil's first quarter earnings of $10.7 billion are up 69 percent from last year. That's the most profit the company has earned since the third quarter of 2008 — …
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Philadelphia Sheriff Candidate Would Turn Selective Enforcement on Its Head
We hear a lot about what democracy means in America. In the case of the Cheri Honkala Green Party campaign for Sheriff of Philadelphia, what democracy means is recognizing …