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Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comment Sheds Light on Paul Ryan’s Extreme Stance on Abortion
In 2011, Ryan and Akin co-sponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which attempted to redefine rape by introducing the term "forcible rape."
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange
Daniel Ellsberg, the most famous whistleblower in the United States, praises Ecuador for granting political asylum to Julian Assange to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over sex crime …
Undocumented Youth Line Up by the Thousands as Temporary Immigration Reprieve Takes Effect
Tens of thousands of young undocumented immigrants waited in mile-long lines across the country on Wednesday to take advantage of a new federal policy that may grant them legal …
Are US Authorities Increasingly Trying to Limit User Freedom on the Internet in the Name of National Security?
In January 2012, two controversial pieces of legislation were making their way through the US Congress. SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, …
Author: Sikh Temple Massacre Is the Outgrowth of Pervasive White Supremacism in US Military Ranks
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page was open about his neo-Nazi views when he served in the US military from 1992 to 1998.
Bill Moyers: Suppressing Votes by Law
Bill talks to Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about new voter ID and other election laws that keep the young, elderly, minorities and …
Why the Department of Homeland Security Was Watching “The Young Turks” and Reporter Michael Hastings
Cenk and Rolling Stone contributor Michael Hastings learn how a February story and The Young Turks appearance put them both on the Department of Homeland Securityu2019s radar.
Ezra Klein: LIBOR Explained Without the “Lie” or the “Bore”
In less than three minutes Ezra Klein explains why the LIBOR scandal is such a big deal and why something you probably never gave much thought to actually has …
Rep. Barbara Lee and Dazon Dixon Diallo on Confronting the Overlooked AIDS Epidemic in Black America
The 2012 International AIDS Conference has raised hopes that the U.S. will increase its efforts to end the epidemic both globally and here at home, where HIV/AIDS continues to …
Denver Shooting Rampage Leaves 12 Dead, 50 Wounded in Latest of Unparalleled US Gun Attacks
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in a mass shooting at a movie theater outside of Denver.