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Salvatore Babones
Salvatore Babones Entitlements Are Fundamental Human Rights, Not Political Poker Chips to Be Bargained Away By Salvatore Babones, Truthout | Op-Ed Wednesday, 05 December 2012 …
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Fascist America: Have We Finally Turned The Corner?
The author offers one of her periodic assessments of America's potential to go fascist. And the news is better than it's been in years. America has never been without …
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Poll: 75 Percent of Americans Support Regulating CO2 as a Pollutant, 60 Percent Support Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax
A new national survey confirms strong public support for funding renewable energy research, regulating carbon pollution, and signing a global treaty to slash emissions. The study, conducted by the Yale Project on …
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Is US-Afghan Agreement a Prelude to Afghan Civil War?
As we come up on the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, the Obama administration is poised to sign a US-Afghan strategic partnership agreement that could …
The Autism Epidemic and Disappearing Bees: A Common Denominator?
On a recent front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, a frightening, oversized headline read, “Highest rate in the nation, 1 in 32 Utah boys has autism.” Less well …
Can You Understand the Republican Brain?
Scientific American lauds author Chris Mooney “as one if the few journalists in the country who specialize in the now dangerous intersection of science and politics.” Having interviewed Mooney …
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Why the Supreme Court Matters
(Photo: Sean Lin / Flickr)When President Gerald Ford nominated him in 1975, Justice John Paul Stevens occupied the ideological center of the Supreme Court. By the time he retired …
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Connecticut Legislature Votes to Repeal Death Penalty
Hartford, Connecticut - After more than nine hours of debate, the Connecticut House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to repeal the state’s death penalty, following a similar vote in …
Mélenchon Could Change French Politics With Strong Showing
France’s conservative President, Nicolas Sarkozy, ran for office in 2007 on a program of making the French economy more like that of the United States. He picked a bad …
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The Wonderful, Unpredictable Life of the Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street demonstration on March 15, 2012. (Photo: Sunset Parkerpix) By enabling people to find fulfillment in all parts of their lives, whether romantic, spiritual, political or …