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Mexico’s President Works to Solidify Militarized Drug War Tactics
President Felipe Calderon of Mexico during an interview at the Los Pinos in Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2011. As the twilight of his presidency sets in, Calderon is striving …
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Global 99 Percent Rally Worldwide in Solidarity With Occupy Wall Street
Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park react to the news that a scheduled clean up was cancelled, in New York, Oct. 14, 2011. (Photo: Victor Blue / …
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“Cambodian Grrrl” Brings the Zine to Phnom Penh
(Image: Microcosm Publishing) Decades after the fall of the genocidal Khmer Rouge, Cambodian children still find human bones in their schoolyards. Past the tourist thoroughfares, where street …
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Raising Cain
Herman Cain. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Washington - Just be patient and you, too, can lead the polls for the Republican presidential nomination. Witness the ascent …
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GOP Passes “Let Women Die” Bill; Representative Praises Their “Fight for Rights of Women“
Foregoing any interest in getting America back to work, House Republicans continued their campaign against women’s health yesterday by passing the “Protect Life Act.” Known as the “Let Woman …
Top Ten Giveaways to Big Oil in Rick Perry’s “Jobs” Plans
Rick Perry. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Today, Rick Perry finally unveiled his much-anticipated “jobs” plan. The 41-page document, however, is less focused on creating jobs than …
Why Wall Street and Insurance Should Get Out of Health Care: Adara Scarlet’s Story
Occupy Wall Street: People Power vs. the Police State
"The more, the merrier,” was how the white-shirted police inspector put it as he stood on the periphery of Liberty Plaza while activist and Rage Against the Machine guitarist …
David Bacon Speaks With Labor Radio Host Rick Smith About the Dangers of the Newly Passed Free Trade Agreement
Following the passage of new free trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, David Bacon speaks with Labor Radio Host Rick Smith about the dangers of these deals …
For Bachmann’s Law School, God and Justice Were Intertwined
Tulsa, Oklahoma - Michele Bachmann was 22 and newly married when, in the fall of 1979, she and 53 other aspiring lawyers arrived on the manicured campus of Oral …