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Lucasville Five Hunger Strike Begins: An Interview with Author Staughton Lynd
In 1993, the maximum security Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio was the site of a historic prisoner rebellion, where more than 400 prisoners seized and controlled a …
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Alexander Cockburn | The American Way of Torture
Just over the edge of 2011 and this fresh new decade, torture is now solidly installed in America's repressive arsenal. Not in the shadows where it has always lurked, …
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Back to the Future: Obama Turns to Clinton Economic Team (2)
In retooling his economic team for the second half of his four-year term, President Barack Obama has gone back to the future, turning to old hands from President Bill …
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Unemployment Falls to 9.4 Percent, but 260,000 Leave Labor Force
The EPOP for Hispanics hit a new low in December. The Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent in December, however much of the reason …
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Psychologist Martin Seligman Responds to Truthout Report on Army “Spiritual Fitness” Test
This article “Test was designed by Psychologist who inspired CIA’s torture program” may set the record for the sheer number of false statements about me, about positive psychology, and …
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Our Slow-Motion Global Accident
Industry simply doesn't have an incentive to kick its fossil fuel habit. Have you ever found yourself in the midst of a disaster—like taking a bend in the road …
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The Man with the Golden Voice: A Great Story But Does It Help the Cause of the Homeless?
Los Angeles - The formerly homeless “golden-voiced” Ted Williams is strolling into his second act – professed to be clean and sober for more than two years and now …
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2011: Calling Time on Capitalism
Recent decades have seen a massive redistribution of wealth, imposing the cost of successive crises on the poorest. Enough! The end of 2010 brought renewed Washington rhetoric, media hype …
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Eugene Robinson | Defusing a Sociological Bomb
Washington - Race still matters in America and justice is not completely blind. Anyone who believes otherwise should examine the case of Cornelius Dupree Jr., who was ruled innocent …
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Back to the Future: Obama Turns to Clinton Economic Team
Washington - In retooling his economic team for the second half of his four-year term, President Barack Obama has gone back to the future, turning to old hands from …