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Why We Should Worry About Right-Wing Terror Attacks Like Norway’s in the US
Oslo, Norway - July 23, 2011. (Photo: cyclopsr) The Norwegian police on Saturday charged a 32-year-old man, whom they identified as a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing connections, …
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Why Medicare is the Solution – Not the Problem
Bertha G. Milliard, 94, with nurse Ruth Collins, a nurse, during a home-care visit in Fort Fairfield, Maine, in November 2009. (Photo: Craig Dilger / The New York Times) …
Revolutionary Law in Chiapas, Mexico: A New Generation of Mayan Women Plan Their Future
Zapatista women demonstrating in Chiapas, Mexico. (Photo: orianomada)
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Rupert Murdoch vs. Edward R. Murrow and Izzy Stone
On Saturday morning, Rupert Murdoch apologized to the British public in a full-page advertisement that will run for three days in seven national newspapers stating: “We are …
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Third Prize: You’re Fired
In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin walks into the office of underperforming salesmen and shakes them to their core. He's the guy from the head office, and …
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Film Chronicles American Jews Caught Between Two Worlds
(Photo: Jens Schott Knudsen / Flickr) “Between Two Worlds” Produced and directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman Edited by Kenji Yamamoto …
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Put 15 Million Back to Work Fixing $2.2 Trillion in Infrastructure: Resurrect the Works Progress Administration
(Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Perhaps all is not lost for the republic's economic future, even as its leaders let this nation hurtle toward …
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Belarus: Clapping Protests Challenge Police Restrictions
Prague - For the past nine weeks, Belarusians have been getting out in the hundreds into the main squares of big and small cities across the country on Wednesdays …
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This Summer, Farmworkers’ Kids Skip Classroom for Fields
Bent over amongst the strawberry and grape harvests, dozens of children work on California farms. The Migrant Education Program (MEP), the division of the U.S. Department of Education that …
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Suspect in Norwegian Terror Attacks That Killed 91 May Be Anti-Islam Right-Wing Extremist
After a horrific day of violence in Norway that left more than 80 dead, police detained a man in connection with the massive bomb blasts that blew out windows …