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Without Concrete Action, New USAF Regulations on Church-State Separation Will Be as Useful as a “Football Bat”
At the very beginning of August 2012, I blasted outgoing (now-retired) Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (CSAF), Gen. Norton Schwartz, for his lackadaisical and utterly …
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Chinese Labor Activists Get Shut Out, but Won’t Shut Up
There have been reports of authorities in Guangdong harassing and pressuring non-governmental groups that advocate for workers and educate them about their labor rights.
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Paul Ryan Tied to Corrupt Union Accused of Threatening Dissidents
Paul Ryan is closely tied to a union accused of retaliating against members who dared criticize its financial backing of Republican candidates. Among those candidates were Wisconsin Gov. Scott …
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Arizona Governor Tries to Thwart Obama’s Immigration Directive With Executive Order
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer takes immediate steps to challenge President Obama's new immigration policy.
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“We Are Prepared to Die”: Workers in Colombia at General Motors Plant Sew Their Mouths Shut to Protest Backbreaking Labor Conditions
Instead of providing medical care and changing the work patterns of injured employees, General Motors fires them.
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Start a Little War
Copyright Universal Uclick.
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William Rivers Pitt: Beneath the Bottom of the Barrel
It is a national disgrace that any old person is forced to rummage through garbage for a few extra pennies to survive.
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Supply Side Economics
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“A Totally Moral Man”: The Life of Nonviolent Organizer Rev. James Lawson
Memphis segregationists feared the civil rights leader for the most interesting of reasons - a moral man can't be corrupted or hustled.
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Where Is the Arts Funding to Create a Collective Sense of Beauty and Meaning in America?
Is America's national artistic identity the cultural equivalent of pink slime lunchmeat?