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Wisconsin Recall Elections a Sure Thing, but New ID Law May Block Anti-Walker Vote
Karen Fink, of Juneau, Wisconsin, signs a petition for the recall of Gov. Scott Walker at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, January 11, 2012. Milwaukee - …
Despite Everything, Choice Survives in Kansas
Dr. LeRoy Carhart comforts a patient after a procedure at an abortion clinic. (Photo: Brian Lehmann / The New York Times) As prochoice activists gear up to …
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Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever
(Image: Dutton Adult) Prologue In the moments before she became a widow, veiled in blood, Sharon Lenox was happier than she’d been in ages. Her fifty-four-year-old husband, …
Moyers & Co.: World of Ideas
Moyers: World of Ideas How Pop Culture Influences Political Expectations Saturday 25 February 2012 by: Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co. | Interview and Video Film historian …
Resolving the Food Crisis: Global Leaders Fail to Make Crucial Reforms
The spikes in global food prices in 2007-8 served as a wake-up call to the global community on the inadequacies of our global food system. Commodity prices doubled, …
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Occupy Wall Street Descends on Congress, Says: Money Out of Politics!
It's a quid pro quo. Only the most gullible rube ready to buy swampland in Florida could think otherwise. The citizen's watchdog MAPlight.org found that congressmen who …
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Arizona’s “Banned” Mexican American Books
In the aftermath of the suspension of the Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American studies department, TUSD has confiscated and continues to confiscate MAS teaching materials. Besides artwork and …
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America’s Class Divide
What planet does presidential wannabe Rick Santorum live on? When it comes to grasping the situation of America's hard-hit workaday majority, this sweater-vested ultra-right-winger is further out than Pluto. …
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Guantanamo Military Commission “Really About Secrecy,” Alleged Bomber’s Defense Attorney Says
Editor's note: Coverage of this week's military commission hearing at Guantanamo is a collaboration between Truthout and Seton Hall University School of Law, Center for Policy & Research. …
Self-Determination for All Is the Path to a War-Free Future
Bonn, Germany, December 4, 2011 - I want to thank the conference organizers for the privilege of joining you. It has been ten years since 9/11, when, believe it …