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How Do You Illustrate Corruption? Artist Rachel Schragis Explains
(Photo: Justin Bianchi / Flickr) Rachel Schragis is a 25-year-old New York City-based artist, educator and activist who created a flow-chart visualization of the Declaration of the …
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My Presbyterian Cult
Robert Jeffress speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas and a …
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Israel Intercepts Two Flotillas Bound for Gaza
Jerusalem - The Israeli military intercepted activists sailing toward Gaza on Friday, boarding their two small boats in international waters and leading them instead to the Israeli port of …
Reagan and Guatemala’s Death Files
Ronald Reagan’s election in November 1980 set off celebrations in the well-to-do communities of Central America. After four years of Jimmy Carter’s human rights nagging, the region’s anticommunist hard-liners …
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White House Protest Against Keystone XL Pipeline Planned for Sunday
Washington - Thousands of people are expected to mass at the White House on Sunday to send an environmental message to President Barack Obama: Say no to a proposed …
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Greek Leader Survives Vote, Bolstering Deal on Europe Debt
(Photo: primeministergr / Flickr) Athens - Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece survived a crucial confidence vote in the Greek Parliament early on Saturday, a vote that …
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Washington Pre-Occupied
(Photo: Andrew Bossi / Flickr) The biggest question in America these days is how to revive the economy. The biggest question among activists now occupying …
Occupy Chicago Calls Out Gov. Scott Walker
Occupy Chicago protesters interrupted Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at a breakfast event Thursday hosted by the Union League Club of Chicago. Progress Illinois estimates that 70 of the breakfast …
Video: Rich People’s Revolutions Are Barely Noticed, but a Poor Revolt Is Hard to Miss
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Rich People’s Revolutions Are Barely Noticed, but a Poor Revolt Is Hard to Miss (Video)
Joshua Holland, AlterNet & Chris Bowers, Daily Kos & J.A. Myerson, Alternet all join Thom Hartmann. The latest from the front lines of the 99 percent protests here in …