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CIA Seeks to Influence Opinion on Wars
The CIA recommendations for influencing the European public into continuing their support for the mission in Afghanistan is receiving a lot of attention both in The Netherlands and beyond. …
Bill Moyers Journal | King’s Dream for Equality
Airtime: Friday, April 2, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).
Could the Hutaree Militia Have Spawned a Timothy McVeigh?
Chicago - A former federal prosecutor who helped convict Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh suggests that the great risk of America's growing militia movement is not necessarily in the …
Growth Objector
Clothes do not make the man, of course, but a fine appearance inspires respect. That's why it was so critical that the idea of degrowth, so cheerfully reviled by …
Media Justice and the Crime of Poverty
An interview with Tiny from POOR Magazine. Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia) is a poverty scholar, revolutionary journalist, PO' Poet, spoken word artist, welfareQUEEN, lecturer, Indigena Taina/Boriken/Irish mama of Tiburcio …
NOW | Can an Innovative Program Make Big Cuts in America’s Prison Population?
Saving tax dollars - can an innovative program make big cuts in America's prison population? Next on “NOW.” The number of inmates in American prisons is outpacing the system's …
Crazy From the Ground Up
Author's Note: Sometimes, the best way to celebrate April Fools' Day is by spotlighting some actual there-but-by-the-grace-of-God-go-I fools, genuine and in the raw for all to see ... So, …
Politics as Unusual
The kaleidoscopic gyrations of current events continue to create a dizzying array of patterns and hues, to the point where it has become almost impossible to discern either firm …
With Obama’s Offshore Drilling Announcement, Fault Lines Drawn in Climate Change Battle
In the wake of President Obama's announcement of his plans for large-scale offshore drilling, Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) is laying the groundwork for urgent climate change legislation - and …
Joe Conason | Democracy and Domestic Violence
When the Department of Homeland Security released a cautiously worded report on the potential dangers of right-wing extremism last April, the talk-radio wingnuts and certain Republican lawmakers went into …