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New Hampshire Polls Show Both Side of the Aisle Agree on Something
Today the business leaders of the Committee for Economic Development and the bipartisan Americans for Campaign Reform released a new poll showing that almost 2/3 of likely Republican Primary …
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Clinton Issues Blunt Warning to Pakistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Setting the stage for a high-level diplomatic showdown, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly warned Pakistan’s leaders on Thursday that they would face serious consequences …
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Lincoln’s Lessons for Obama
Washington - Can President Obama take advantage of the egalitarian sentiment let loose in the country by the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations? Would doing so be consistent with the …
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“The Help” Ignores History of Activism Among Deep South’s Domestic Workers (2)
(Image: © 2011 Dreamworks II Distribution Co, LLC) Film director Tate Taylor scored a late-summer box office smash with his adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel, “The Help.” …
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Greenspan Blames the Victims of Europe’s Woes
(CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate ) Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has written another deeply misleading, destructive op-ed. Also, the …
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NPR Gets Radio Host Fired for Occupying
National Public Radio on Wednesday discovered that a woman named Lisa Simeone who produced hosted a show about opera called “World of Opera” had been participating in a nonviolent …
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Moammar Qaddafi Reported Killed in Final Battle for Sirte
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi in an undated photo from a collection of family photos taken from Qaddafi's home, in Tripoli, Libya. (Photo via The New York Times) …
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We Have a First Amendment Right to Protest, So Why All These Arrests Around Occupy Wall Street?
On Saturday night, 175 members of Occupy Chicago were arrested after refusing to comply with a curfew the city had imposed on Grant Park. According to In These Times …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Fight It Out in CNN-Hosted Debate, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republicans fought it out last night in a CNN-hosted debate in Las Vegas, Occupy Wall Street may be close to releasing its demands, …
Voices From the Diaspora: Resistance and Community
Featuring: musician Daz-I-Kue, educator and former president of Oakland’s School Board, Greg Hodge and Oakland’s Assistant City Administrator Fred Blackwell. They explore the root of political actions from London …