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Witnessing the Death of the Republican Party
A week ago, Rick Santorum looked as though he might give Mitt Romney a thrashing in the Michigan primary, which would have unleashed a wave of grim assessments of …
The Slide Toward War with Iran
Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them. World War I was not started over the Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination, nor was it …
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Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op
UE's Republic Windows and Doors Tour. (Photo: mar is sea Y / Flickr) Three years ago, a worker occupation in Chicago saved a factory and sent up …
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Syrian Forces Overwhelm Stronghold of Rebels in Homs
Beirut - The Syrian Army overwhelmed the main rebel stronghold in the embattled city of Homs on Thursday, setting the stage for its elite soldiers to turn their attention …
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Obama Seeks to End Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Nashua, New Hamshire - With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President …
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Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Just in time for the release of Brave New Foundation’s new film, Koch Brothers Exposed, Rush Limbaugh has thrown in with Charles …
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America the Possible | A Manifesto From Decline to Rebirth
Like you and other Americans, I love my country, its wonderful people, its boundless energy, its creativity in so many fields, its natural beauty, its many gifts to the …
Bringing the War Home: How Perpetrators from the US to DRC Get Away With Rape
I worked for many years as a reporter in upstate New York, where I covered local news like school board meetings and did features on things like watercolor exhibits …
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The Keystone XL Flim-Flam
For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is not just a policy matter, it's a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida tea-party Republican (who, of course, blames President …
Beautiful Acts of Resistance
Just moments after performing a dramatic final death scene, Palestinian playwright Abdelfattah Abusrour was back on stage delivering an afterword that was no less intense. Speaking softly, Abusrour told …