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Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 6: Near Ground Zero and in Af-Pak Region, Two Labyrinths
The endless war on terror in South Asia - with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, India, France, Germany, Spain, all players - must seem …
David Bacon on US Policies and the Great Mexican Migration
Noted journalist, author, documentary photographer, and long-time labor organizer David Bacon was Thorne Dreyer's guest on Rag Radio, Friday, March 16, 2012, on Austin community radio station KOOP-FM and …
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Repeal the “Stand Your Ground” Laws
Washington - The “Stand Your Ground” laws in Florida and other states should all be repealed. At best, they are redundant. At worst, as in the Trayvon Martin killing, …
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Reproductive Rights and the Long Hand of Slave Breeding
I hate liberalism's language of “choice.” I always have. Redolent of the marketplace, it reduces the most intimate aspects of existence, of women's physical autonomy, to individualistic purchasing preferences. …
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US Plans No Charges Over Deadly November Strike in Pakistan
The United States military has decided that no service members will face disciplinary charges for their involvement in a NATO airstrike in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, an …
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23 States With “Stand Your Ground” Laws Like Florida
A makeshift memorial for Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot to death by a neighborhood watchman last month, near the gated community where Martin was killed in Sanford, …
Obamacare Battle Will Be a Proxy Fight of Divisions in American Politics
The Obamacare battle that will come before the Supreme Court in the longest hearings in nearly a half-century is a proxy fight between the seemingly irreconcilable differences in American …
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Why Do We Protest the NATO Summit?
After the end of World War II, a group of nations in the north Atlantic established NATO to impede Russian influence over the reconstruction of Europe and to facilitate …
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As “The Hunger Games” Opens Big, Lionsgate Tries to Shut Down Anti-Hunger Advocates
There's a long tradition of pop culture fans banding together to raise money for or take action on good causes, whether it's the Browncoats, fans of Joss Whedon's Firefly …
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Fury Over Travyon Martin Shooting Grows as Police Chief Steps Down
The aftershocks of Trayvon Martin's killing continued to reverberate Thursday from Sanford to South Florida, as the embattled police chief and state attorney overseeing the investigation stepped down hours …