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Military Chaplains Forum Revealed, Takes on Religious Bigotry
(Photo: Jason Pier / Flickr) For five years an ad hoc group of retired and active duty Chaplains have been working under the radar to assist LGB …
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A Primer on Tax Day Activism
(Photo: Justen Eason / Flickr) With Tax Day hard on our heels, David Cay Johnston has done a tremendous service by boiling down and unpacking what he …
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Playing With Fire in Iraq
Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr hold his picture while participating in protests at Mustansiriya University Square in Baghdad on April 9, 2011. (Photo: Ayman Oghanna / The New York Times) …
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Lines in the Sand
Washington - It was refreshing to hear all those unambiguous declarations from President Obama on Wednesday. “I will not” let Medicare become a voucher program or deprive families with …
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Why Iceland Voted “No“
About 75% of Iceland's voters turned out on Saturday to reject the Social Democratic-Green government's proposal to pay $5.2 billion to the British and Dutch bank insurance agencies for …
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Tokyo Power to Compensate 50,000 Evacuees
Tokyo - The Tokyo Electric Power Company announced plans on Friday to distribute 50 billion yen, or $600 million, in initial payments to 50,000 people evacuated because of the …
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Senator DeMint Demands Constitution Be Changed to Ban Federal Debt
Washington - Sen. Jim DeMint, who has wrought chaos in Congress over earmarks, immigration and health care, is preparing to launch a crusade that would make those fights look …
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News in Brief: More Rainwater Tests Positive for Radiation From Japan, and More
More Rainwater Tests Positive for Radiation From Japan
Connecting the Dots of the GOP Assault on Women
At a time when women in other countries like those in newly liberated Egypt, for example, are rising up to demand their rights, we women here in the United …
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My Medicare Deficit Solution
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) David Brooks, perhaps realizing that it was a bad idea to swallow a politician’s PR bullet points whole, is now backpedaling. The …