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Arrested for Peace
Jo Ann De Quattro. (Photos: Rob Corsini) "41 percent of children in America live in poverty and four trillion dollars paid for war, is the greatest obscenity …
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“Cambodian Grrrl” Brings the Zine to Phnom Penh
(Image: Microcosm Publishing) Decades after the fall of the genocidal Khmer Rouge, Cambodian children still find human bones in their schoolyards. Past the tourist thoroughfares, where street …
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Grim Milestone as 300th CIA Drone Strike Hits Pakistan
The United States ‘covert’ drone war in Pakistan reached a new milestone today with the 300th attack on alleged militants in the country’s tribal areas, according to research by …
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12 Most Absurd Laws Used to Stifle the Occupy Wall St. Movement
As Occupy Wall Street protests spring up in cities across the country, authorities are thinking up creative ways to contain this peaceful and inspiring uprising. Although laws and municipal …
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Egypt’s Military Expands Power, Raising Alarms
Hosni Mubarak. (Photo: chaquespire / Flickr) Cairo - Egypt’s military rulers are moving to assert and extend their own power so broadly that a growing number of …
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House Bill Would Block EPA Oversight of Coal Ash, Leave it to States
Washington - Next up for Republicans in the House of Representatives who are seeking to curb the role of the Environmental Protection Agency is a vote Friday on a …
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After the Storm: The Instability of Inequality
(Photo: Devon Shaw / Flickr) New York - This year has witnessed a global wave of social and political turmoil and instability, with masses of people pouring …
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Raising Cain
Herman Cain. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Washington - Just be patient and you, too, can lead the polls for the Republican presidential nomination. Witness the ascent …
Anatomy of a Victory: Occupy Wall Street Wins a Big One
Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street protests raise brooms in the air on Wall Street in New York, Oct. 14, 2011. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times) …