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Questioning Obama’s Americanism
Some Americans, especially on the Left, seem to have almost forgotten that Barack Obama is an African-American whose rise to the presidency was one of the most unlikely political …
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Wisconsin’s “Capitol City” Was Testing Ground for Participatory Democracy
A protester gestures from an upper floor of the rotunda at the State Capitol building, in Madison, Wis., February 27, 2011. (Photo: Nicole Bengiveno / The New York Times) …
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Alan Simpson Just Asked Me to Leave Rich People Alone
I'm feeling pretty guilty. I hadn't known I was causing billionaires so much suffering. The former co-chair of President Obama's deficit (aka catfood) commission just asked me during a …
Why the US and NATO Fed Detainees to Afghan Torture System
An Afghan Special Forces soldier searches a mock detainee during a unit demonstration for Gen. David H. Petraeus. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell / isafmedia) Washington - …
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What Would Abbie Hoffman Do to Stop the Koch Brothers?
He levitated the Pentagon, brought down Lyndon B. Johnson, shamed Richard Nixon, challenged Wall Street and pioneered a cultural revolution.
Fukushima: Monitoring the Invisible
Sous chef Eric Fricker, of La Bernadin restaurant, checks fillets of red snapper for radiation, in New York, April 5, 2011. Restaurant owners are taking all precautions to be …
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Politicking in the Mos Eisley Cantina
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: _Davo_ 1, 2, 3) Our economic and political mess became more clear once I realized that most of the important political …
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One Year After SB 1070, Arizona’s Immigrant Networks Are Stronger
Phoenix - It’s a warm afternoon at a trailer park in Central Phoenix as Isidro Carreras sets up chairs on his lawn. Neighbors start arriving gradually, until a group …
The Battle Is Over Money, Not Philosophy
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Ever since House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan put …
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Starship Amerika
President Barack Obama is actually siding with police who want to use GPS devices to track you without a warrant. It always disturbed me when on “Star Trek” the …