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Why Iran Nuclear Talks Failed and Why They Will Get Tougher
This weekend France scuttled a preliminary agreement with Iran to resolve the decade-long conflict over Iran's nuclear program u2013 almost certainly at the behest Israel.
French Students Protest to Support Undocumented Families
We marched for an hour and a half, taking up all lanes of a huge boulevard while hundreds of cops in riot gear followed behind, receiving occasional middle finger …
The Obama Pledge on Keeping Your Insurance
While Obama's apology over the ACA has many loosing faith in his plan for universal health care, there are more to these failures than meet the eye.
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Gun Culture In America: Our Slow Motion Collective Mass Suicide
A report cam over the AP wire last night that, if this were any other country in the world, would have been the top news story for days: "Multiple …
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Will the Tea Party Pay for the Shutdown?
The Democratic Party's failure to seriously challenge Wall Street could allow the Tea Party to hold on to the populist mantle.
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Congress Weighing Laws to Let People Keep Health Insurance
As President Barack Obama signals he will do something on his own to make good on his broken promise that Americans could keep their insurance plans if they liked …
Obama Wants to Cut Social Security
Along with most Republicans, many Democrats, and Wall Street, President Obama wants to cut Social Security. Here is what you need to know.
How Europeans Are Opposing Drone and Robot Warfare: An Overview of the Anti-Drone Movement in Europe
So far only three countries are known to have used armed combat drones to carry out attacks: Israel, the US, and the UK. But this could soon change.
Syria: No to Assad, No to US Imperialism
To look at the Syrian civil war in isolation and to entrust the US and its allies to take control of the situation would be a grave mistake.
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Obama Must Be Called Out, Not Coddled, on Keystone XL Bait-and-Switch
Now is the time to support the efforts of courageous Texas landowners who could stop Keystone XL's southern leg in its tracks.