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PR Industry Fills Vacuum Left by Shrinking Newsrooms
This story has been co-published [1] with the Columbia Journalism Review [2].
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Life in Limbo for Japanese Near Nuclear Plant
Tenei, Japan - For seven generations, Yoshitoshi Sewa and his ancestors have tilled this farm in a gently curving valley filled with green rice paddies. But now he will …
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News in Brief: Clinton Tells Taliban to Cut Ties to al-Qaeda, and More …
Clinton Tells Taliban to Cut Ties to al-Qaeda
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Hamas and Fatah Reconciliation: Good for Peace
In one word: Bravo! The news about the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas is good for peace. If the final difficulties are ironed out and a …
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Time to Sever the Saudi Ties That Bind
Apparently, King Abdullah of the House of Saud (the man with the unseemly title “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques”) got his feelings hurt that America objected when the …
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Bin Laden’s Death: Triumph or Tumult Ahead?
On September 11, 2001, I stood on the perimeter of Lafayette Park, gazing across the lawn to the White House for a good long while, on my walk home …
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Bin Laden Raid Years in the Making, Minutes in Execution
It took years for the US military to track Osama bin Laden down, finding him not in a cave in the inaccessible tribal regions of Pakistan, but in a …
Why Does Senator McCaskill Want to Bankrupt Our Children?
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) is authoring a budget proposal that could radically alter government. (Photo: Dave Winer/Flickr) That is what people should be asking Missouri Sen. …
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Chris Hedges Speaks on Osama bin Laden’s Death
The remains of the crumbling Colosseum in Rome, also a once-crumbling empire. (Photo: permanently scatterbrained (Eric Molina)/Flickr) I know that because of this announcement, that reportedly …
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Two Years After a Bankruptcy, Chrysler Posts a Profit
The Chrysler Group posted on Monday its first quarterly profit since going through bankruptcy reorganization in 2009, as the company sold more cars at higher prices. Chrysler, …