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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Twelve People Killed in Mass Shooting at Navy Yard Complex, and More
On Monday, 12 people were killed in a mass shooting in our nation's capital, and at least 8 others were injured, and more.
The Ultimate Loaded Question: What’s for Dinner?
The dinner table is where economics and class, education and upbringing, values and culture, all collide with oneu2019s time management skills and energy level.
“Terrorism Is Part of Our History”: Angela Davis on ’63 Church Bombing, Growing Up in “Bombingham”
“Some of my very earliest childhood memories, are the sounds of dynamite exploding,” says Angela Davis.
There Is A Time For Everything
Publishing negative press about Russia should be taken seriously, as it may have the unintended consequence of drumming up public frustration about Russia at a time when diplomacy is …
Older Than Her Chronological Age
I find the concept that any underage girl can be culpable in her own rape absolutely disgusting.
Snowden Documents Reveal NSA Gave Israeli Spies Raw Emails, Texts, Calls of Innocent Americans
Despite assurances from President Obama, the scandal around the National Security Agency continues to grow.
Fair Housing Groups Ask Court to Deny Banks’ Effort to Stop Richmond’s Mortgage Rescue Plan
The brief argues that the actions the securitization industry has threatened to take to block the program, known as Richmond CARES, would amount to illegal redlining and would violate …
From One Nobel Peace Laureate To Another: Open Letter to President Barack Obama
There is no doubt that the use of chemical arms is immoral and to be condemned, but your government has no moral authority whatsoever to justify an intervention.
Twelve Years Post 9/11, Islamophobia Still Runs High
Deepa Kumar: Political elite have built Islamaphobia in US foreign policy to justify imperialistic ambitions.
Glenn Greenwald on Secret NSA Program to Crack Online Encryption
“There is no form of human commerce ... that is ever invulnerable to their prying eyes,” says Greenwald.