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The Right to Know Reader: Our Current Laws Do Not Protect You From Toxic...
Every day, just in the course of normal activities, we are exposed to an unbelievable range of toxic chemicals that we may not know about. Of the 80,000-plus chemicals that have been approved to be on...
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This week, all eyes were on Ferguson, Missouri, where unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer. Further inflaming matters was the way largely peaceful protests of...
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Checkmate And Moving On
Iraq's PM al-Maliki, is surrounded by Iraqi lawmakers from the 'State of Law' bloc as he announces that he is stepping down. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, following two consecutive terms in office,...
View ArticleWhat If Obama Really Went Off the Deep End Like Honduras' Mel Zelaya
Just imagine this story. President Barack Obama decides he wants to have a national referendum on being able to have a national referendum during the next general elections. The second referendum would...
View ArticleLet's Tell It Like It Is
We witnessed the "scenario" taking place in Fergerson, Missouri before. More often than not a white police officer shoots an unarmed, young black man under circumstances where it would appear...
View ArticleObama Can Win a Huge Victory in the Fight on His Immigration Executive...
President Obama is soon to issue executive orders on immigration. To score a huge victory in the inevitable political battle, however, he has to orchestrate it. The president cannot rely on the...
View ArticleMoney in Politics: Rising in Intensity as a 2014 Election Issue
There is more and more evidence that Democrats and progressives are discovering the power of taking on big money in politics as a central issue in their campaign strategies. In the House, Nancy Pelosi...
View ArticleThe Second Slaying of Michael Brown
The instant the news broke that 18-year-old Michael Brown was slain by a Ferguson, Missouri cop the inevitable happened. Police officials dusted off a well-worn "cover themselves" template. They would...
View ArticleLousy Work: Will it Break Through as a Political Issue?
For decades, the increasing precariousness of work has been a source of mass frustration for tens of millions of Americans. But the issue has been largely below the political radar. Politicians...
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Shrum-Frum Debate Clinton/Obama and Cops/Minorities
LISTEN HERE: By Mark Green Maliki out-Abadi in; Gregory out-Todd in; Sterling out-Ballmer in. In a week of strife, Bob Shrum and David Frum debate two other enduring clashes: was Hillary's comment on...
View ArticleNAACP'S Net Failure in Ferguson
How the Civil Rights Organization's hypocritical stance on Net Neutrality Hurts Activism in Ferguson The shooting of teenager Mike Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri has mutated from a...
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Why Rick Perry Will be Convicted
If the court of public opinion has an impact on a jury's decisions, Texas Governor Rick Perry may have a chance of beating his indictments. While poorly informed Democrats like Obama advisor David...
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The Working Poor's Diet Plan
For America's working poor, missing even one day of work can mean financial disaster. It can mean not being able to pay the phone bill or buy enough groceries. With so many financial worries, it can be...
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Oil and Gas Sonic Cannons Murder Millions of Sea Creatures
Millions of Americans are furious because the rights to the Western Atlantic Ocean have been handed over to Big Oil. Join Earth Dr Reese Halter from Los Angeles as he explains the awful ecocide along...
View ArticleThe New Optimism: Nick Troiano and Redesigning Congress
Much has been made about a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC news poll suggesting that over three quarters of Americans do not believe their children will have a better life than they do. This is the...
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Ferguson Families Look for Their Voice Amid Protest Frenzy
The Ferguson community looks for something more meaningful than violent protest. (Photo by Dave Gershgorn) Ferguson, Mo. -- As the roar of protests echoes down W. Florissant Ave., one group struggles...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of an Unfair Trial
Sentencing a political opponent to death after a show trial is no different to taking him out on the street and shooting him. In fact, it is worse because using the court system as a tool of state...
View ArticleStand With Keith Ellison and Barbara Lee to End the Blockade of Gaza
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." -- Martin Luther king, Jr. I genuinely feel the need to speak out because I think to remain silent in the face of the...
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In Ferguson the Media Got It All Wrong: The Real Story Is a Community...
Photo: By Loaves of Bread, Creative Commons License. The real Ferguson story is about a community that's grown so fed up with being pushed around that they've decided to fight back against what...
View ArticleRand Paul's Potential 'Brian Schweitzer Problem'
In referring to the reasons for the September 11 hijackings, Republican U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) stated in a 2007 South Carolina Republican presidential debate "They attack us because...
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