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Nature of Self-Defeating Convictions
One of the curious realities of modern America is how many people – especially white males – have been propagandized into siding with a “free-market” power structure that treats …
Missouri Legislator: Qualified to Legislate Women’s Health Because “My Father Was a Veterinarian”
In Illinois, they run reproductive rights bills through the agriculture committee. In Missouri, they call male lawmakers experts because they are the sons of veterinarians. Not a joke. Via …
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In Hiding, Bin Laden Had Four Children and Five Houses
Islamabad, Pakistan - Osama bin Laden spent nine years on the run in Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks, during which time he moved among five safe houses and …
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The Corporate Media Crisis: Everything Old Is New Again
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)These days, there's one political point on which one can usually get consensus: Mainstream journalists are failing. In common parlance, most everyone “hates the media.” …
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Northeast Markets Eyed for Oil Sands as Clean Fuels Standard Fades
In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie's administration pulled out of a proposed pact to cut global warming emissions in transportation fuels. In New Hampshire, the House passed a bill …
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Good Ol’ American Journalism!
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The Savage Arithmetic of the Pre-Existing Condition
When doctors found precancerous cysts, Nancy Platt chose to have her pancreas removed. Her daughter, Laura Train, and husband, Sam, were by her side at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, …
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“Where Have We Been All This Time?“
Translated Thursday 22 March 2012, by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Isabelle Métral Jean-Luc Mélenchon addresses the crowd assembled in the Place de la Bastille, at 5 pm Sunday …
High Oil Prices Must be Subject of Criminal Investigation
Gas prices at a gas station in San Diego, March 16, 2012. (Photo: Sandy Huffaker / The New York Times)Michael Greenberger: Big banks and traders involved in a criminal …
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Texas Prosecutors Go Rogue – And Get Away with It!
John Thompson spent 18 years in prison — 14 of them on death row — for crimes he did not commit. But as he was facing his seventh execution …