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Hawks Hysterical Over Pentagon Cuts Hawks Hysterical Over Pentagon Cuts

Nothing's even decided yet, but the neocons are up in arms over arms spending.

Aug 9, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Is Newsweek’s Michele Bachmann Cover Sexist? Is Newsweek’s Michele Bachmann Cover Sexist?

Melissa Harris-Perry says that both mainstream and liberal media outlets need to avoid portraying conservative women as inherently incompetent as individuals.

Aug 9, 2011 / MSNBC

Contract for the American Dream Contract for the American Dream

Check out the "Contract for the American Dream" created from the ideas of over 125,000 Americans.

Aug 9, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy

Survivors of the first nuclear tragedies are now campaigning not only against nuclear weapons, but now also against the dangers of nuclear power.

Aug 9, 2011 / Press Room

From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy

Survivors of the first nuclear tragedies are now campaigning not only against nuclear weapons, but now also against the dangers of nuclear power.

Aug 9, 2011 / Democracy Now!

What Lies Ahead in Syria? What Lies Ahead in Syria?

As the Assad regime cracks down on protesters, it is waging a propaganda war on Syrians and stoking fears of a civil war.

Aug 9, 2011

Elections Still Have Consequences Elections Still Have Consequences

If we want to know why this abysmal debt deal happened, we have to look to the 2010 Congressional elections.

Aug 9, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie

Turning Poverty Into an American Crime Turning Poverty Into an American Crime

Ten years after the original publication of the now-classic Nicked and Dimed, things have gotten much worse for those in the bottom third of our country's income dis...

Aug 9, 2011 / Barbara Ehrenreich

This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer

This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer

Hundreds of thousands will vote today in recall elections to remove six Republican state senators who sided with Governor Scott Walker's anti-labor, anti-education, anti&ndash...

Aug 9, 2011 / John Nichols

Chilean Students Strike for Education Reform

Chilean Students Strike for Education Reform Chilean Students Strike for Education Reform

A national strike by university and high school students is currently under way in Chile to press their demands for reform of the education system.

Aug 9, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

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