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Texas Tea Party Wants “Sanctuary Cities” Bill Revived by Perry
Austin - Texas Tea Party leaders, challenging Gov. Rick Perry to dispel doubts about his stance on illegal immigration, demanded Monday that he call lawmakers back to work to …
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Hundreds of Civilians Flee: The Struggle Over a Qaddafi Stronghold
Surt, Libya - During lulls between mortar and rocket barrages, hundreds of civilians fled this coastal city on Monday after five days of fierce clashes between fighters loyal to …
Happy Constitution Day
(Actually, it was on Saturday.) I just read Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan (W.W. Norton, 2009), by Kim Phillips-Fein. It’s …
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Nebraska GOP Backs Mini-Electoral College Rigging Plan
Nebraska is one of just two states which allocates its Electoral College votes by congressional district — a fact that enabled President Obama to win one electoral vote in …
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The Fight-Back Plan
Washington - “Class warfare!” scream the Republicans, in a voice usually reserved for phrases such as “Run for your lives!” Spare us the histrionics. The GOP and …
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Killing the Cranes: A Reporter’s Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan
(Image: Chelsea Green) It was a warm Thursday afternoon on August 5, 2010, in a remote woodland of the Hindu Kush mountains when a band of men …
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Scamming Washington: Exclusive Letters From the ScamiLeaks Archives
To My Closest of Friends President and Professor Barack Obama, I send this missive to you with deepest urgency. My embarrassment at importuning you in any …
Rag Radio: Carl Davidson on Mondragon and Workers’ Cooperatives
Rag Radio's Tracey Schulz (left) and Thorne Dreyer, with guest Carl Davidson at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, Sept. 9. (Photo: Jim Cleveland / KOOP Radio / The …
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Georgia Pardons Board Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate
Atlanta - Troy Davis, whose death row case ignited an international campaign to save his life, has lost what appeared to be his last attempt to avoid death by …
The Keystone Pipeline: Too Dirty for George W. Bush?
The Keystone XL pipeline, recently approved by the US State Department and awaiting President Obama’s declaration that it is in the “national interest,” will carry oil that is too …