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“Between the Fences”: A Review
Periodically, glimpses of life inside American-run detention centers emerge, usually through the efforts of individuals whose names and faces disappear into history, while the gruesome acts they helped uncover …
Media Manipulates the “End” of the War in Iraq
Just as the media lied to help us get into a war, they are now lying us out of one. In the introduction to season five of HBO's critically …
Despite “All Clear,” Mississippi Sound Tests Positive for Oil
The State of Mississippi's Department of Marine Resources (DMR) opened all of its territorial waters to fishing on August 6. This was done in coordination with the National Oceanic …
By US Deaths, as of Today, Afghanistan Is Obama’s War
Five hundred seventy-five: That's how many US soldiers have lost their lives in the Afghanistan war since Barack Obama became president at noon on January 20, 2009, according to …
Tax Cuts Are Theft
Conservatives like to say that taxes are theft. In fact it is tax cuts that are theft because they break a long-standing contract.
Shareholder Protection Act Stands on Shaky Legs
The House Financial Services Committee approves the Shareholder Protection Act, granting a corporation's shareholders new oversight in the company's political expenditure. The act requires shareholders to approve a corporation's …
Professors as Welfare Queens?
Long-time Liberals join neocons in attack on professors and colleges: Hacker and Dreifus' “Higher Education?”. Fish Stink From the Head
Single Payer Isn’t Dead: How States Are Keeping the Movement Alive
The grassroots single-payer movement in Vermont reflects the growing belief that the fight to make health care a human right must come from the states. But will the passage …
A Long Stay
More than 300,000 immigrants languish in detention centers around the country. Why are they there - and who is profiting from their imprisonment? Pedro Guzman Perez speaks to his …
Zach Carter | Four Bogus Attacks Bankers and Their Political Puppets Are Using to Attack Elizabeth Warren
No reformers question whether Elizabeth Warren is the best candidate to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She's a lauded scholar, an inspiring advocate who will draw talented …