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Righting the Voting Income Gap
Long-standing efforts to increase the number of low-income voters have been paying off. Several voting rights groups point to data from the federal Election Assistance Commission that …
Former Narcotics Detective Admits Drug Planting Common
(Photo: denovich) Stephen Anderson, a former New York Police Department (NYPD) narcotics detective, recently testified that he regularly saw police plant drugs on innocent people as a …
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Whole Foods Accused of Harassing Muslim Employee, Forcing Him to Pray by the Dumpster
Yuppy-haven supermarket Whole Foods has always carefully maintained a public image of embracing diversity. That polished exterior was tarnished in August when the corporation caved to the Islamophobic rants …
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GOP Primary on Parallel Earth
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Greg Palast Tracks the Vultures of the 1 Percent: A Truthout Interview
Greg Palast at the Denver Green Festival 2009. (Photo: Doug Grinbergs) Near the front of his new book, “Vultures' Picnic,” Greg Palast quotes BuzzFlash at Truthout as …
The Dollar’s Not Almighty Anymore: A Little Dose of Fear Among the Elite Can Be a Good Thing
Shanghai - I was talking yesterday with the chief financial officer of a US-based drug firm that operates here in China, producing for the Chinese market, and got an …
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Congress Using Iran to Handcuff Obama on Foreign Affairs
The U.S. Congress is using opposition to Iran as an excuse to attack President Obama’s executive authority in an ill-advised piece of legislation. The “Iran Threat …
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Women Win Big in Tunisia Vote
With Tunisia’s ballot boxes closed but not stuffed, the real political winners in the country’s first free election are women. This election — for an assembly that …
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Egypt’s Military Widens Crackdown as Prominent Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah Remains Imprisoned
Amy Goodman: We go back right now to Egypt. Juan? Juan Gonzalez: Well, the mother of prominent Egyptian political activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah began a …
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This Week in Clean Economy: GOP Seizes on Solyndra as an Election Issue
The Solyndra debacle is proving an irresistible target for Republicans and their allies—especially as the election cycle gets underway. The conservative Americans for Prosperity, a group established …