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  The Peaceful Protest US Govt Doesn't Want World to Know About
by Sarah Lazare
"First it was the force-feedings, genital searches, and transfers to solitary confinement. Then came the media blackout."
     
  The Great American Class War
by Bill Moyers
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In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether “we, the people” is a moral compact embedded in a political contract or merely a charade."
     
  Whistleblowers to US Intelligence Agents: 'Follow Your Conscience'
by Lauren McCauley
"Daniel Ellsberg, Thomas Drake, Jesselyn Radack, Ray McGovern among others who publish open letter to those whose jobs are affront to democracy"
     
  Reformer or Hypocrite? Understanding Pope Francis
by Sonali Kolhatkar
"While he is tilting toward progressive ideals, it should be noted that this pope understands that the real crisis of credibility facing the Catholic Church is one of image."
     
  'Dumb' & 'Cruel': Budget Deal Attacks America's Most Vulnerable
by Jon Queally
"This deal asks essentially nothing of the richest Americans while placing terrible burdens on the unemployed as well as new federal employees."
     
  Let's Get This Straight: AIG Execs Got Bailout Bonuses, but Pensioners Get Cuts
by Dean Baker
"The bonus beneficiaries were among the leading villains in the economic disaster that is still inflicting pain across the country."
     
  Movement Rises to Kick 'Corporate Reform' Out of Public Schools
by Sarah Lazare
"Billed as the largest yet national day of action to reclaim the promise of public education, the series of events aims to introduce a counter-narrative and political push-back to the corporate-backed 'education reform' platform that has dominated policy."
     
  The End of the Internet As We Know It
by Jenn Topper
"Unless the FCC protects net neutrality, the biggest Internet providers will run amok."
     
  Obama's Covert Drone War Attacks Wedding Party in Yemen
by Jack Serle
"A reported US drone attack in Yemen Thursday is the bloodiest air strike reported in the country so far this year.
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  How History Will Remember Obama (Hint: Not Well)
by William Pfaff
"The wars that he has not ended and the moral climate he has sustained in American government, in succession to George Bush, will be the remembered qualities of his presidency."
     

 


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