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Will North America Be the New Middle East?
The climate problem has moved from the abstract to the very real in the last 18 months. Instead of charts and graphs about what will happen someday, we’ve got …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: United States in Danger of Losing “AAA” Credit Rating, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
The National Education Association Flunks a Crucial Test
(Photo: biologycorner) The New York Times coverage of the recent National Education Association (NEA) convention focused on the inconsequential, while paying little notice to what harbored fundamental …
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Obama Can’t Celebrate Yet
Washington - The wounded are especially dangerous fighters. President Obama now occupies the high ground in the debt-ceiling debate, having called the Republicans' bluff on the debt. He showed …
Israeli-Government-Funded Group Wages Lawfare on Anti-Occupation Activists
Silwan, a Palestinian village directly across the Kidron Valley, across from the City of David, in which high-profile settler organization Elad may have used suspect methods to acquire land. …
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Obama Ends Tense Debt Talks With Warning
Washington - President Obama abruptly left debt negotiations with congressional leaders Wednesday at the White House when a top Republican said there was no longer time to engage in …
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Juan Cole Sues FBI and CIA for Suspected Files
The American Civil Liberties Union and a University of Michigan professor filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the CIA and FBI that seeks files related to alleged attempts by the …
Scott Walker Shouted Down By Angry Teachers During Speech
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The GOP’s Sick Priorities
How deceptive for politicians to stress “entitlements” when they talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare, two programs long paid for by their beneficiaries. The Republicans make it sound …
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Who Killed the Bluebird of Happiness?
Economists and politicians keep their fingers on the pulse of the Dow Jones Average, following every tick of this narrow measure of Wall Street wealth. But the …