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The Hancock 37 v. The Drones, Part Two: Daffodils
(Photo: Nick Mottern) On the morning of Friday, April 22, 2011, protesters of the MQ-9 Reaper killer drone operations at Hancock Field air base in Syracuse, New …

The Army Is Watching Over Egypt, But Who’s Watching Over The Army?
Mounting criticism of the way the Egyptian Army is governing Egypt grew louder yesterday with press reports that one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers has been …

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Immigrant Rights Supporters Refocus Struggle on Obama
San Jose, Calif. - More than 300 people packed the Sacred Heart church in San Jose last Tuesday to hear Congressman Luis Gutierrez speak about immigration reform at a …

Weapons of Mass Exploitation
(Photo: JMRosenfeld; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) About eight years ago, there was frenzied and furious talk about WMDs, or weapons of mass destruction. Both the frenzy …

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Officers and Inmates Are Killed in Iraq Jail Revolt
Iraqi policemen assigned to 3rd Federal Police Division, stack on a wall prior to clearing a room at the Ghuzlani Eagle Training Center, March 9, 2011. A string of …

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While Bahrain Demolishes Mosques, US Stays Silent
(Photo: daoro) Manama, Bahrain - In the ancient Bahraini village of Aali, where some graves date to 2000 B.C., the Amir Mohammed Braighi mosque had stood for …

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Haiti: Just When You Think It Can’t Get Worse
We may soon look back on this period in Haiti with greater appreciation. Amidst the world-historic levels of death and suffering from last January’s earthquake, citizens have at least …

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Young Mizrahi Israelis’ Open Letter to Arab Peers
Women at a class at Hiber use a ball of string to illustrate social media in Dheiban, Jordan, on Feb. 12, 2011. Online activists at the company train young …

Beyond Foreclosuregate – It Gets Uglier
A foreclosed home in North Lauderdale, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2010. (Photo: Michael McElroy / The New York Times) The ForeclosureGate scandal poses a threat to Wall …

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The Road to Arab Democracy
Egyptian flags are waved as Egyptians protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 1, 2011. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / The New York Times) Jerusalem - During the turmoil …