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The Influence Industry of Rage
Washington - The monster who slaughtered at least 76 innocent victims in Norway was animated by the same blend of paranoia, xenophobia and alienation that fuels anti-Muslim sentiment in …
House GOP Plays Ben Affleck Movie Clip to Rally Caucus: “I Need Your Help … We’re Going to Hurt Some People”
According to the Washington Post, the House GOP leadership played a short clip from the Ben Affleck movie “The Town” to rally their caucus around Boehner’s debt plan: …
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A Prognosis for Greece
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Someday, one way or another, Greece will exit from its current state of indentured servitude. But what will …
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You Maaad! How Fox News Uses Hip-Hop to Create Race Panics
Lupe Fiasco, performing at the 2011 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. Fiasco appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show, where he criticized President Obama's policies, leaving O'Reilly to defend the president. (Photo: eastscene) …
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Exile in the Promised Land: Why Black America Won’t Walk on Obama
Black America is in crisis. In my neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, families live in small apartments next to empty boarded-up buildings. Cops arrest people at random to meet their quotas. …
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Arrivederci, Water Profiteers: Why 96 Percent of Italian Voters Rejected Their Government’s Push for Water Privatization
Rome, Italy. (Photo: laszlo-photo) "Water—whether we treat it as a public good or as a commodity that can be bought and sold—will in large part determine whether …
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New Court Filing Reveals How the 2004 Ohio Presidential Election Was Hacked
Tomas Rueda, of the Hispanic Republican Club of Cleveland, a poll challenger, monitors voting at a polling site in Cleveland on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov 2, 2004. (Photo: Andrea …
Revolutionary Law in Chiapas, Mexico: A New Generation of Mayan Women Plan Their Future
Zapatista women demonstrating in Chiapas, Mexico. (Photo: orianomada)
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Statement by the President on Certification of Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
(Photo: Lawrence Jackson / White House) Today, we have taken the final major step toward ending the discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law that undermines our military readiness …
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The European Monetary Union is the Titanic
In the past, I have called the euro zone a "roach motel". But as usual, I've been outdone in the metaphor design department by the Italians: Guilio Tremonti, the …