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The Fight to Make Education a Guaranteed Right: Chilean Students vs. the Nation’s President
After approximately three months of school takeovers, strikes, and nationwide marches throughout Chile, the unflagging persistence of demonstrators may prove decisive in the ongoing fight against unjust education standards …
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American Exceptionalism
Rick Perry links the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and '60s to the struggle of the Republican Party to absolve the wealthiest Americans from paying a fair share …
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Israel’s “Nice Little War”: Gaza, Egypt in the Range of Fire
Israeli writer Uri Avnery recently wrote an article entitled ‘How Godly Are Thy Tents?’, which began with the words, “First of all, a warning.” The reference was …
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Hurricane Perry Bashes East Coast
Climatologists tell us that we cannot relate any specific weather event to global warming but there is no doubt that human-caused global warming increases the likelihood of extreme weather …
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Cantor Says No Earthquake Disaster Relief for His Home State Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere
This week, Virginia experienced a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, one of the most powerful tremors on the east coast since 1897. As Virginians scramble to assess the damage, House Majority …
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Saving Sacred Spaces
You might not be aware of this news from northern Arizona, since the reporting of it in the media has been less than robust, but in recent weeks there …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Between 2002 and 2007, Two-Thirds of All New Income Went to Top 1 Percent of Americans, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
News Corp Set to Air 9/11 Documentary Glorifying Bush; Producer Says He’s Not Interested in the “Facts“
After spending over a decade promoting President Bush, the PATRIOT Act, and the Iraq War, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation appears to be up to the same tricks, this time …
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No Way to Honor Dr. King
The ceremonies for the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington DC were kicked off on August 24 at an event billed as Honoring Global Leaders for Peace. …
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New York Times Smacks Down Rep. Darrell Issa’s Demand for a Retraction
On Thursday, the New York Times responded to a demand for a retraction from Oversight Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) office regarding a major piece published two weeks ago …