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Changing of the Guard as “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Ends
Columbia, South Carolina - Next week, openly gay men and women will be able to serve in the U.S. military. At Fort Jackson, it's Capt. Guy Allsup's …
The Jobs Mirage: How Much More Work Do Humans Really Need?
Instead of clamor for jobs, why not clamor for a shorter workweek and divide the necessary work among more people?
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Labor Day Cookout
Being in Prison While Muslim
In March of this year, Reuters Correspondent David Morgan filed a story following a Congressional hearing, stating, "American Muslims face a rising tide of religious discrimination in US communities, …
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Always Someone There to Remind Us
Washington - Thank you, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, for emerging from your secure, undisclosed locations to remind us how we got into this mess: It didn’t happen …
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Cheney Memoir
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Power Restored
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Recession Has Lit the Fuse on Explosive Student Debt
(Photo: coldlasers.org) This week’s credit check: Average student debt can spiral up to $100,000 with interest and late payments. Room and board charges at colleges have doubled …
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C.I.A. Demands Cuts in Book About 9/11 and Terror Fight
Ali Soufan, left, a former FBI agent who spent years near the center of battle with al-Qaida and an author, in an undated handout photo. The memoir of the …
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We Need to Get Active to Recover the Economy and Middle Class
They've got the money but we’ve got the numbers. The billionaires and the giant corporations are making a greed-grab for what's left of our standard of living, even our …