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Shelby County: Congress Must Check and Balance the Roberts 5’s Legislation from the Bench
The Roberts 5 richly deserve the label of Ku Klux Kourt that Greg Palast [“Ku Klux Kourt Kills King's Dream Law, Replaces Voting Rights Act With Katherine Harris Acts”] …
Anarchism in Egypt — An Interview from Tahrir Square
I met Mohammed Hassan Aazab earlier this year over tea at a table of young anarchists in downtown Cairo. The anniversary of the revolution had just passed with massive …
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Binding Students
The Senate's failure to reach a deal to avoid a doubling of interest rates on federally subsidized student loans has once again thrust the magnitude of student debt into …
Obama Admin Faces Diplomatic Uproar as Massive Surveillance of EU Governments, Citizens Exposed
While National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been holed up at a Moscow airport, news outlets are continuing to report on his leaks of classified U.S. documents.
Obama and the Militarization of Africa
Emira Woods Part 2: Under the “war on terror” framework, the US and AFRICOM are beefing up pro-US militaries across Africa.
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How Boehner Gets a Win-Win
Immigration reform has put Speaker John Boehner between a rock and a hard place.
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Mike Lofgren | The Authoritarian Seduction
The seductive power of authoritarianism is particularly strong during times of economic and social stress.
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Time To Move Away from the Reagan Revolution
Itu2019s time to move away from the days of the Reagan Revolution once and for all.
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Issa: “Fool me once…“
“We have allowed Darrell Issa and his politically-motivated witch-hunts to fool us too many times,” writes Hartmann.
Confronting the Growing National (In)Security State
The state has created a self-fulfilling prophecy of growing insecurity that fuels demand for more security.