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Mr. President, Tear Down This Wall: Washington’s Iranian Future
In Election 2012’s theatre-of-the-absurd “foreign policy” debate, Iran came up no less than 47 times. Despite all the fear, loathing, threats, and lies in that billionaire’s circus of a campaign season, …
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ALEC, CSG, ExxonMobil Fracking Fluid “Disclosure” Model Bill Failing by Design
The fracking disclosure bill passed last year which requires transparency from companies in regards to what chemicals they are using in their process has been an abject failure.
Fast Food, Slow Death
It's time for fundamental changes to our nationu2019s toxic food system. u00a0
A Looming Crisis in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid? The “Fiscal Cliff” Is a Scam, Part 2
It's been known since the 1950s that there would be more demands on social security; if there was political will, health care costs could be controlled.
Race, Class, Lightweights and the Contradictions of Sport
Hector u201cMachou201d Camacho's death raised the troubling old questions as well.
Generals Behaving Badly
ust what are we to make of the decade of military hagiography weu2019ve just passed through?
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Egypt
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How Long Until Birth Control Pills Are Sold Over the Counter?
This may not be the fight the Obama administration was looking for, but they may end up having it.
Fifty Children Killed and 450 Injured in Israeli Attack on Gaza
Jihan Hafiz in Gaza: As people dig out of the rubble, a Palestinian doctor says civilians were targeted by Israeli attack.
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Fire Kills at Least 118 Factory Workers at Walmart Supplier in Bangladesh
NGOs slammed Walmart over a fire that killed at least 112 workers at a Bangladesh factory.