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House GOP Classifies Pizza as a Vegetable
Earlier this year, the USDA made an attempt to bolster the nutrition guidelines for the federal school lunch program. Under the new guidelines, for instance, school lunches would be …
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Unaddressed Problems With High-Stakes, Standardized Tests
In 1949, I was a self-employed trucker, buying and hauling timber for shoring up the roofs of coal mines in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. A very long …
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Does Race Explain Penn State’s Blind Eye to Sex Scandal?
Enough of the ghoulish, sordid facts are known about the Penn State University child sex scandal to say this. The alleged child rapes were known by some athletic department …
Jason Leopold Speaks to RT About Obama’s Detainee Policies (2)
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Half of Vets Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan Need Medical Attention
(Photo: RunItsTheFuz / Flickr) More than half of America's former warriors are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan with medical and mental problems that need treatment, according …
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Berkeley Activist Hit by Police Explains How Several UC Regents Profit from Higher Levels of Student Debt
Earlier today, OccupyCal protesters at the University of California Berkeley staged a mass “teach-in” and protest to stand in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, and to rebuke …
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No Speedy Trial for Bradley Manning, Now in Pre-Trial Confinement for 560 Days
Five months ago, on April 22, 2011, over 400 citizens converged on Quantico Marine Base to protest the pre-trial conditions of alleged Wikileaks whistleblower US Army Private First Class …
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Beyond Apocalypse and Back to Earth
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Re-Occupy, ASAP
What a welcome relief the Occupy movement’s trend of “leaderless” groups! True, this seemingly contradictory concept is difficult to absorb in a culture the promotes a leadership style that …