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Anti-Liberal Film Recasts American History As Tea Party Tragedy
Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative political commentator and respected Christian apologist, was in Houston last weekend for the premiere of his new movie, "America: Imagine the World Without Her."
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Web For All: Winning Internet Freedom Is A Central Battle for Real Democracy
The FCC is threatening to kill the Internet's innovative, information-democratizing potential because doing so serves the interests of the biggest corporations whose wealth dominates government.
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Vikings Invade British Museum As Activists Challenge Big Oil’s Propaganda Machine
The key message coming from artist insurgent protests like this one is the way London has made itself a pivotal global player enabling – and greenwashing – the devastating impacts of the fossil fuel industry.
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Is It Racism, Cynicism – Or Both – That Catapulted U.K. Independence Party to Populist Success?
UKIP's newly elected James Carver claims the party is getting support from minority communities, young people and women, people the media said they could never count as supporters.
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Why Is U.S. Military Pushing K-12 Students to Build Drones In Dayton?
Using vast resources to develop a shadow education system throughout the U.S., the military is going after young children to recruit a weapons-friendly generation of scientists and engineers.
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Honored Argentine Judge Now Faces Trial for Crimes Against Humanity Case
Judge German Castelli, who in 2012 ruled against 18 perpetrators accused of torture, murder and enforced disappearances during Argentina's military dictatorship, now stands accused of political negligence.
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Dispatches From Brazil's World Cup: "No One Lives Here Anymore"
At a favela five minutes from Brazil's most famous stadium, every family has been removed by force.
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Politicians Ingore Poverty – Because Half of Congress Are Millionaires
For the first time, more than half of the members of Congress are millionaires. Maybe the country would be better off if they had some first-hand encounters with need.
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Why Koch-Funded "Generation Opportunity" Is A Big Zero for America's Youth
It's time to debunk far right, corporatist, big business propaganda when it masquerades as an opportunity for young people to engage in politics.
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Chomsky: How Edward Snowden Became the World's Most Wanted Criminal
Power must not be exposed to the sunlight – and Snowden failed to comprehend this essential maxim.
