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Obama speech: exercise in misdirection and illusion
President Obama’s speech today was another exercise in misdirection and illusion regarding the administration’s unprecedented use of drone military strikes.
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Navajo Nation battles uranium corporations, nuclear industry
A struggle 500 years in the making is occurring right now on land of the Navajo Nation. That struggle is…
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Proposed immigration reform: some relief, while serving corporate interests
The demand for legalization has made its way to the halls of Congress, but the movement must grow stronger, mobilize…
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Hundreds in Philadelphia protest vote on public school closings
Hundreds of teachers, students, parents and community members gathered March 7 to express outrage at the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s…
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Florida State University students rally in honor of Trayvon Martin
One year ago on Feb. 26, a "neighborhood watch volunteer" shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death in Sanford, Fla. A…
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Obama’s inaugural speech: Rhetoric and reality
While the president’s rhetoric was progressive-sounding and strongly delivered, there was little actual content, and most of that was decidedly…
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Volunteer with ANSWER at the Inauguration in Washington, D.C.
Dr. King was a fighter for the people. One cannot truly honor his name and simultaneously pursue political policies that…
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Banks buy another ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card from gov’t
If you burglarized a home you are going to jail. But what would happen if you used illegal practices to…
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From one ‘cliff’ to the next
Being evicted, losing your job, or being sick and uninsured is a crisis. But for Wall Street’s loyal servants in…
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Liz Fowler and the government-corporate revolving door
Elizabeth Fowler, architect of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, was rewarded for service to the capitalist class with a position…
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