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Washington Dysfunction: A Scorecard
Washington - Here's why getting to a deal on the debt ceiling is so complicated. President Obama's main goal is to get through this fight with the …
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New Guidance Allows Nations to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
A Whole Foods store in Edgewater, New Jersey, in July 2009. The initials GMO stand for genetically modified organism. Participants in the Non-GMO Project include major players in the …
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In Israel, a Tsunami Warning
A Palestinian demonstrator argues with an Israeli soldier, while other protesters run a bulldozer into a fence barrier close by, near the village of Bilin on the West Bank, …
The Invasion of Australia – Official, at Last
An Australian Aborigine with painted face. (Photo: Didrik Johnck) The City of Sydney has voted to replace the words “European arrival” in the official record with “invasion.” …
Bachmann Lies About Her Family History to Sound More Iowan
Michelle Bachman speaking at a “Cut The Spending Now” rally at the Capitol in Washington, DC on April 6, 2011. (Photo: markn3tel) With the announcement of her …
Exclusive: Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and Philosopher Slavoj Žižek in Conversation With Amy Goodman (Video)
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Michigan Guts Democracy and Now Aims for Workers’ Paychecks
It’s not enough that Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder took away basic democratic rights of cities and towns by imposing a “financial martial law” that can virtually abolish a …
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Flotilla Passengers Are Today’s Freedom Riders
Demonstrators on the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” which plans to be part of the international flotilla to Gaza, at a port near Athens, Greece, June 30, 2011. …
Losing the Plot: The Afghan War after bin Laden
With Osama bin Laden dead, can the United States finally bring an end to the Afghan War, its longest-lasting foreign military conflict? It's an obvious question, since the invasion …
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Closing the Hedge Fund Manager Tax Loophole Would Raise Four Billion Annually From the 25 Richest Managers
During the negotiations regarding raising the nation’s debt ceiling, congressional Republicans have gone to the mat to defend all manner of unwarranted tax breaks, including those for oil companies …