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The Military’s Role in US Foreign Policy and Torture: Why Is School of the Americas Absent From the National Dialogue?
Protesters demonstrating against the School of the Americas, November 2006. (Photo: crazbabe21) On April 8, 1993, a Newsweek investigation about the Fort Benning, Georgia-based US Army School …
Got Class Warfare? Occupy Wall Street Now!
Class warfare has once again entered the vocabulary of mainstream national politics, but with a strange twist.
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Democrats Suggest Paying for Obama’s Job Plan With Surcharge on Millionaires
Washington - Senate Democrats, divided over how to pay for President Barack Obama's jobs plan, Wednesday tossed out the White House tax proposals and replaced them with one of …
It is Time to Keep Marching to Take Back America’s Dream
So tell me is this fair? We've got worker's rights in the air, and Congress hasn't put one jobs bill there. What's up, Boehner? Now I catch feeling …
As Unions, Students Join Occupy Wall Street, Are We Witnessing Growth of a New Movement?
As the Occupy Wall Street protest enters its twentieth day, New York City’s most powerful unions are set to march today from City Hall to the movement’s encampment in …
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Mexico Leans to the Right on Abortion
Juarez, Mexico - A recent ruling by Mexico’s supreme court on right-to-life amendments in two northern states has pro-choice supporters fearful of a dangerous precedent that could fly beneath …
Van Jones | Building an America as Good as It’s Ideals
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Why is Obama Administration So Confident the Health Care Act Will Pass Court Muster?
The Obama administration has decided to appeal directly to the Supreme Court the Affordable Care Act challenge by Republican attorneys general from 25 states, including Florida, and one Democrat. …
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Fear of an Islamic Planet
It's easy to make fun of Michele Bachmann: her history gaffes, her Christian extremism, her ludicrous political positions. Journalists, though, would be sad to see her leave the Republican …
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Uber-Vultures: The Billionaires Who Would Pick Our President
The Koch Brothers, from “The Joker's Wild” deck of cards by Greg Palast and Bob Grossman. Click here to view full card. Hedge fund magnate Paul Singer …