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Truth Spill: Gulf Disaster Brings Home the Real Costs of Fossil Fuels
“An upside-down faucet, just open and running out.” That’s how an oil-spill expert at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute describes the massive release of crude oil into the Gulf …
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Case for a Moral Imperative
Washington - In June of 1969, the stretch of the Cuyahoga River that runs through Cleveland was so polluted that it caught fire. Time magazine described the Cuyahoga this …
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Walter Reuther: An Extraordinarily Good Man
It was 40 years ago this month that Walter Reuther died in a plane crash. Forty years. Yet, the auto workers leader remains an important inspirational figure - a …
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Welcome to Arizona: “It’s a Dry Hate …“
First, it was legally-sanctioned racial profiling, with a touch of totalitarian “Show me your papers” thrown in for good measure (SB 1070). Next, we were delivered a new law …
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Alexander Cockburn | Vietnam MIAs: Ghosts Return to Haunt McCain
The ghosts that haunt Sen. John McCain are about 600 in number and right now, they are mustering for a final onslaught. McCain, one of America's foremost Republicans and …
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History Has Decided
ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: l’Histoire a tranché Translated Wednesday 19 May 2010, by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Henry Crapo
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David Sirota | The Michael Jordan of Bailouts
Based on John Kerry's 2004 declaration that “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,” you could credibly argue that the Massachusetts Democrat is …
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Ex-EPA Officials: Why Isn’t BP Under Criminal Investigation?
(Illustration: Lance Page / Truthout) Why hasn't the government launched a criminal investigation into BP? That's the question several former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials …
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House Votes to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell“
Washington - The House of Representatives voted 234 to 194 Thursday night to repeal the military's 17-year-old policy that prohibits gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the …
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What Rand Really Believes
Rand Paul, tea party flavor of the month, is said to be avoiding “overexposure.” Senior Republican Party operatives, worried by the Kentucky Senate nominee's all-too-revealing remarks after his primary …