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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Twelve People Killed in Mass Shooting at Navy Yard Complex, and More
On Monday, 12 people were killed in a mass shooting in our nation's capital, and at least 8 others were injured, and more.

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NSA: An “Obsessional” Technocracy?
Fifty years ago Erich Fromm warned of an unchallenged dogma of technocracy: u201csomething ought to be done because it is technically possible to do it.u201d

The Ultimate Loaded Question: What’s for Dinner?
The dinner table is where economics and class, education and upbringing, values and culture, all collide with oneu2019s time management skills and energy level.

“Terrorism Is Part of Our History”: Angela Davis on ’63 Church Bombing, Growing Up in “Bombingham”
“Some of my very earliest childhood memories, are the sounds of dynamite exploding,” says Angela Davis.

There Is A Time For Everything
Publishing negative press about Russia should be taken seriously, as it may have the unintended consequence of drumming up public frustration about Russia at a time when diplomacy is …

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Chris Hedges | The Origins of Our Police State
Our failure to protect lower income citizens and people of color will recreate their fate for the larger masses underneath the growing police state.

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A Case Study in Awful: The Eight Worst Parts of the Recent Naval Academy Rape Hearing
The Naval Academy rape hearing is so gut-wrenching because the woman for whom prosecutors are seeking justice was treated as much (or more) of a defendant as the three …

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Immigration Advocates Block DC Streets, 121 Arrested
Before blocking the intersection and arrival of the US Capitol Police, other speakers at the news conference addressed why comprehensive immigration reform is important to them, their families, colleagues …

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3D Printed Guns Won’t Hurt You – but Jobs of 50 Million Women Could Be in Danger
Advances in 3-D printing technology may threaten the global fashion industry's largely female workforce.

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Cantaloupe vs. al-Qaeda: What’s More Dangerous?
The comparative risks from food versus terror suggest the NSA should give its massive budget to the FDA.