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Lessons for Progressives From Power Shift Youth
Power Shift March, New York Avenue at 14th Street, NW, Washington DC, April 17, 2011. (Photo: Elvert Xavier Barnes) Over the weekend of April 15, some 10,000 …
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Hueys Over Yemen: Is US Aid Suppressing Another Mideast Freedom Struggle?
In recent weeks, Yemeni protesters calling for an immediate end to the 32-year reign of US-backed President Ali Abdullah Saleh have been met with increasing violence at the hands …
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Insincere Republicans, Justified Cynicism
President Barack Obama spoke about his long-term budget proposal in Washington on April 13. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Republicans are deeply, sincerely …
Corporate Propaganda Response To Town Hall Medicare Anger
The Republican plan for Medicare “cuts government spending” by shifting the cost of old-age health care directly to the middle class and poor. (I’ll explain below.) Here’s the thing: …
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Tornado Ravages Alabama City; Storm Toll Grows
The death toll in five Southern states rose sharply Thursday morning to nearly 200 after devastating storms ripped through the region, spawning a deadly tornado in downtown Tuscaloosa, Ala., …
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Is the New Walmart New Enough?
I found this quote, buried in a news story about rising prices in China: "I hear that many Chinese exporters are rejecting orders from Walmart and other …
The F Word: Oil Prices: Gouge Us Baby One More Time
GRITtv: Gioconda Belli: Bringing Back the Lusty Left
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All the WikiLeaks Fit to Print
There is a craven disconnect between the eagerness of leading editors to exploit the important news revealed by WikiLeaks and their efforts to distance themselves from both the courageous …