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A Fresh Blot on Murdoch’s Sun
London - A day after presiding over the publication of his new, damn-the-critics Sun on Sunday tabloid, Rupert Murdoch was confronted with fresh allegations from a top police investigator …
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Ralph Nader: Occupy the Minimum Wage and Impact the Election
Protesters stage a demonstration outside the campaign offices of Rep. Michele Bachmann, in Urbandale, Iowa, December 31, 2011. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) The …
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As Santorum and Romney Battle for the Loony Right, the Rest of Us Should Not Gloat
My father was a Republican for the first 78 years of his life. For the last twenty, he’s been a Democrat (he just celebrated his 98th.) What happened? “They …
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Tax Cash-Hoarding Banks, Create Jobs and Protect Social Security
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) As the severe unemployment crisis drags into its third year, proposals for solving the crisis are proliferating. Still more ideas will be …
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Is the Era of White Privilege Nearing an End in the US?
(Image: City Lights Publishers) I have to confess to a longstanding fantasy, the fulfillment of which I resist, partly because of its impracticality, but also (and mostly) …
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“A Terrible Sight”: Police Evict Occupy London, Arrest 20 Protesters
Police dressed in riot gear evicted Occupy London and removed the camp's tents at St. Paul's Cathedral just after midnight on Tuesday. Hundreds of police and …
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Rich Presidents of Poor Nations: An African Story of Oil and Capital Flight
Stories of African presidents shipping suitcases of cash to finance political campaigns abroad in exchange for patronage have made the headlines recently, prompting legal probes into illicit wealth accumulation. …
The Never-Ending and Never-Prosecuted Humanitarian Disaster in Iraq
Iraqis grieve after a bomb attack claimed the life of a family member in Baghdad, January 5, 2012. (Photo: Michael Kamber / The New York Times) On …
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Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear Crisis
Workers in the village of Iitate, about 20 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, during an experimental decontamination effort, in Japan, January 15, 2012. (Photo: Ko Sasaki / …
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White House Applauds Decision to Build Part of Keystone XL Pipeline
Demonstrators protest against the Keystone XL pipeline outside the White House on August 25, 2011. (Photo: Milan Ilnyckyj / tarsandsaction) Washington - With President Barack Obama facing …