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British Columbia’s Coast in the Balance
In this part of the world the month of March is, to borrow a phrase from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, one that will live in infamy; it is the anniversary …
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Free Press Haven: Iceland May Soon Become Utopia for Journalists and Publishers
Icelandic members of parliament have plans to transform their crisis-ridden North-Atlantic nation into a sanctuary for publishers, production companies and information technology firms from around the world.
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Government Recants Major Terror Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah, the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
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Ten Things You Didn’t Know Were in the Health Bill
From breast pumping to adoption tax credits, the leviathan known as the U.S. health care bill is loaded with little goodies. The 2,000-page health care bill that became law …
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Van Jones and Billy Parish, the Two Bird Challenge
On Monday, March 22, Van Jones and Billy Parish appeared together for a presentation entitled “Challenging America: Achieving Sustainability and Justice Through the Green Collar Economy” at Northern Arizona …
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Student Loans: The Government Is Now Officially in the Banking Business
"We say in our platform that we believe that the right to coin money and issue money is a function of government.... Those who are opposed to this proposition …
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PR Firm Behind Propaganda Videos Wins Stimulus Contract
President Obama’s push for electronic medical records has faced resistance from those who question whether health information technology systems can protect patient privacy. So last week, the U.S Department …
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Kathy Kelly | Pacified
If the US public looked long and hard into a mirror reflecting the civilian atrocities that have occurred in Afghanistan over the past ten months, we would see ourselves …
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Welcoming a CIA Official at Fordham
Note: Though George W. Bush has been out of the White House for more than a year, the “war on terror” theme continues to have a strong appeal to …
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Citizens United Against Citizens United
Eighty-five percent of Democrats and 76 percent of Republicans tell pollsters when asked that they oppose the Supreme Court's decision in “Citizens United,” which lifted limits on corporate political …