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Wagering With Our Lives
For the past six months, I have been researching since I found out that it might happen, what it would mean if a Marcellus Shale natural gas well gobbles …

Protesters Retake Square in Bahrain While Libya and Yemen Try to Suppress Protests
Manama, Bahrain - Thousands of jubilant protesters surged back into the symbolic heart of Bahrain on Saturday after government security forces withdrew and the monarchy called for peace after …

What Conservatives Really Want
Dedicated to the peaceful protestors in Wisconsin, February 19, 2011. The central issue in our political life is not being discussed. At stake is the moral basis of …

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Saboteur: An Interview With a Domestic Insurgent
(Image: Trine Day) I first met the man we'll call Trucker in 1970 at a rally against the Vietnam War. Our demo was going to start on …

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What Conservatives Really Want
Dedicated to the peaceful protestors in Wisconsin, February 19, 2011. The central issue in our political life is not being discussed. At stake is the moral …

Democratic Senators Leave State to Stall Bill as Mass Protests Continue
Madison, Wisconsin - In a continuing attempt to stall a vote on the anti-union bill proposed by Gov. Scott Walker, the 14 Democratic senators have left the state with …

House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood, Jackie Spier Stands Up for Women
Editors Note: Update, the house voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Since gaining the upper-hand in the House, Republicans have led what Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called “the most …

Security Forces in Bahrain Open Fire on Mourners
Manama, Bahrain - Government forces opened fire on hundreds of mourners marching toward Pearl Square Friday, sending people running away in panic amid the boom of concussion grenades. But …

Joe Conason | Why Do They Hate Social Security?
Among the mysteries of modern politics in America is why so many of our leading pundits and politicians persistently seek to undermine Social Security, that enduring and successful emblem …

Eugene Robinson | Whistling Dixie — Again
Washington - Does Haley Barbour really have a warped and offensive view of America's racial history? Or is he just playing a dangerous game? Perhaps both. The Mississippi governor, …