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The US Revisits the Dark Side: Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture
From the look of the presidential campaign, war crimes are back on the US agenda.
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The Clintons’ Paid-Speech Bonanza
Wall Street and other wealthy interests have fattened the Clinton family's bank account with tens of millions for paid speeches.
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Who Won Democratic Debate on ISIS? John Kerry and the UN Security Council
Defending action by the United Nations has seemed to have fallen out of favor among liberal Democrats.
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Is the Democratic Front-Runner Touting a GOP Foreign Policy?
The Sanders campaign sued the Democratic National Committee for blocking access to key voter data files.
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Bernie Blackout? As DNC Accused of Targeting Sanders, Corporate Media Ignore Historic Campaign
Is the Democratic National Committee trying to undermine the presidential campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders?
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How Campaign Finance Disenfranchises the Silent Majority of US Democratic Socialists
To elect a president who will promote the democratic socialist positions, the country will have to first create generous public funding of election campaigns.
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GOP Candidates Spar, but Agree on One Thing: Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage
The fourth GOP presidential debate took place last night with the three front-runners opposing a minimum wage increase.
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Viggo Mortensen: On Foreign Policy, Democratic Candidates Aren’t Too Far From the Hawks
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have voiced support for President Obamau2019s plan to keep US troops in Afghanistan.
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What the GOP Got Wrong About Women During Their Latest Debate
In the GOP debate there are simply two kinds of women: single mothers or “men and women.”
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The Demobilization of the US People and the Spectacle of Election 2016
By late September 2001, the demobilization of the US people became a crucial aspect of Washington's way of life.