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Sounds of Outrage Heard on Wall Street
Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement marched in Lower Manhattan on September 30, 2011. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times) Harvard’s Nieman Watchdog …
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US Troop Deaths in Afghan War Under Obama Now Twice That Under Bush
This weekend marked a new milestone for the war in Afghanistan: the total number of US troops killed in the war has doubled since President Obama took office, according …
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As Scandal Engulfs American Legislative Exchange Council’s UK Affiliate, a Closer Look at Its US Operation
The Atlantic Bridge, the British affiliate organization to the American Legislative Exchange Council, is quickly erupting into a scandal that may force the public to scrutinize the practices of …
Occupy Wall Street Speaks for America: A “Centrist” Hit Job’s Polling Data Helps Prove It
Thanks to a hit piece by one of those Beltway pseudo-"bipartisans" we can now state conclusively what many of us have long suspected: Occupy Wall Street speaks for the …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: International Monetary Fund Calls on Governments Around the World to Ditch Their Austerity Agendas, and More (2)
In today's On the News segment: Occupy Wall Street movement begins its second month, third quarter profit numbers show Wall Street is making a killing while Main Street is …
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The FBI Goes Rogue on Iran
Part I – Going Rogue Again Back on 1 September 2011 I posted a piece (see essay six below) titled America’s FBI Goes Rogue. The …
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Occupy Wall Street Protests March on Midtown, and the World
New York - Activists from the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City flooded Times Square on Saturday as part of a global day of action, with protesters …
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A Closer Look at Alabama’s Disastrous Immigration Law
The fact that Alabama has HB 56, the nation’s harshest anti-immigrant law on the books, has become a point of pride of some Alabama Republicans. The bill’s sponsor, state …
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Countless Grievances, One Thread: We’re Angry
Phoenix - Pen Alandt’s guitar, which he covered with bumper stickers and waved in the air at the Occupy Phoenix protest on Monday, is a symbol of the movement …
Walking Like an Egyptian: Food, Farming and Foreign Policy
Egyptian civilians celebrate the marking of President Hosni Mubarak's resignation one week earlier, in Cairo's Tahrir Square, February 18, 2011. One week after Mubarak stepped down, thousands of Egyptians …