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Dangerous Uncertainty in Pakistan
With relations between Pakistan’s civilian government and military incredibly tense, speculation is ripe in the local and international media that the threat of a military takeover looms large. The …
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The Sad Spectacle of Obama’s Super PAC
It has been said there is no high ground in American politics since any politician who claims it is likely to be gunned down by those firing from the …
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Syngenta PR’s Weed-Killer Spin Machine: Investigating the Press and Shaping the “News” about Atrazine
(Photo: pppspics) Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, recently unsealed as part of a major lawsuit against Syngenta, reveal how the global chemical company's …
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Anti-Choice Komen Vice President Karen Handel Resigns, Admits Role in Planned Parenthood Decision
Today, Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s controversial Senior Vice President of Public Policy, resigned in protest of the organization’s decision to consider reinstating funding for cancer …
Our Ongoing Nuclear Disaster: One CA Reactor Leaks, The Other Doesn’t… Yet
For those who thought that, with the new year, nuclear power had turned a page and put its “annus horribilis” behind it–as if the calendar were somehow the friend …
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Revolution and Counterrevolution in Egypt: Military Power vs. Protest
Egyptians immediately recognized vivid symbolism few others understood in the soccer riot that broke out recently in the coastal city of Port Said. First, the killing …
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Email Reveals Coordination Between Congressman Rehberg’s Pro-Child-Labor Letter, Big Ag Lobby
Last August, two teenagers handling a large grain auger had their legs severed while working at the Zaloudek Grain Co. in Oklahoma. The Department of Labor has proposed rules …
NYPD Muslim Spy Scandal Grows With Newly Revealed Plan to Target Shiite Mosques
New revelations have emerged about the New York City Police Department’s secret program to spy on Muslim communities. The Associated Press has just uncovered a confidential NYPD plan from …
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Egypt Defies US by Setting Trial for 19 Americans on Criminal Charges
Police stand watch as supporters of new members of Parliament gather near the People's Assembly building during its session in Cairo, on January 23, 2012. (Photo: Moises Saman / …
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America’s Jobs Deficit, and Why It’s Still More Important Than the Budget Deficit
President Barack Obama delivers remarks to plant workers at the Chrysler Group Toledo Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio, on Friday, June 3, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New …