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How the Fundamentalist Mind Compels Conservative Christians to Force Their Beliefs on You
Many evangelicals wear their religion on T-shirts and around their necks and on car bumpers and eye-blacks. They hand out tracts on college campuses and stage revival meetings on …
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Missouri Caucuses Marked by Contention, With No Clear Victor Yet
A man is arrested outside after the St. Charles Caucus was shut down at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Missouri, on March 17, 2012. The event …
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Historical Account of Class, Race Wars Relevant for Organizers Today
(Image: Melville House Publishers) As a kid, I didn't know the term working-class, but I certainly knew the antagonisms that came from falling below the middle and …
In Afghanistan, the Dam Breaks
The news just keeps getting worse in Afghanistan for the United States. Brave New Foundation’s Rethink Afghanistan project has warned for years that the premises of a counterinsurgency there …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: SOPA Corporate Creep, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. The largest online protest in the history of the Internet may have derailed SOPA and PIPA earlier …
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GOP Strategy for Hispanic Voters: It’s the Economy
Pueblo, Colorado - For many years, and multiple election cycles, Republicans talked about the growing Hispanic vote in America like moonstruck, misunderstood boys at a high school dance. They …
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Poll: Sixty-Five Percent of Americans Want More Fracking Regulations
(Photo: ProgressOhio / Flickr) The number of Americans who say they want more regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, outnumber those who want less regulation by a …
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Storming the Bastille
Translated Wednesday 14 March 2012, by Henry Crapo (who is a member of Truthout's Board of Advisors) and reviewed by Isabelle Métral. "We are going to create a …
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Sen. Barbara Boxer Claims Success With Bipartisan Transportation Bill
Washington - The Senate's approval Wednesday of a two-year, $109 billion transportation bill gives Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer a prize that has sometimes eluded her: a newly polished reputation …