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Reporter Who Brought Down the 'Runaway General' Dead at 33

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Greenland’s Great Melt Is Pinned On Climate Change
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The U.S. Military and the Unraveling of Africa
By Nick Turse, TomDispatch

Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Ex-Employees Say
By Paul Kiel, ProPublica

The Making of a Global Security State
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch

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Google Fights For Transparency in FISA Court

U.S. and Taliban Announce Direct Negotiations

Reporter Who Brought Down the ‘Runaway General’ Dead at 33

Nate Silver vs. Politico: It’s on Again

IRS Conspiracy Theory Debunked, Rand Paul Answers Cheney Criticism, and More

Bill Ayers: Try Obama, Bush for War Crimes

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GOP Congressman: Abortions Should Be Banned Because Male Fetuses Masturbate

The Campaign to Ignore Sarah Palin

Did Progress Leave Christians Behind?

Watch: Rick Perry Blunders Jab at Obama’s Benghazi Reaction

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Ernest Hemingway: Dud KGB Spy?

The Joy of Singing Out of the Spotlight
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Tag: Black Panthers

The Idol Smasher

By Chris Hedges —

The multifaceted Ishmael Reed has spent half a century destroying myths of the American empire, especially those that cement racism in place.

Posted on Dec 30, 2012 READ MORE

The Unsilenced Voice of a ‘Long-Distance Revolutionary’

By Chris Hedges —

Mumia Abu-Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner and one of its few authentic revolutionaries, continues his fight for social justice after three decades in prison.

Posted on Dec 9, 2012 READ MORE

Was Activist Richard Aoki an FBI Informant?

Richard Aoki was respected as a “pioneering political activist and revolutionary in the Asian-American community” for his involvement in the civil rights struggle in the 1960s and beyond. Seth Rosenfeld’s new book “Subversives” presents evidence that Aoki was an FBI informant. Scholar Diane Fujino, author of a biography on Aoki, disagrees.

Posted on Aug 23, 2012 READ MORE

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Mad, Passionate Love and Violence: Occupy Heads Into the Spring

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch —

Occupy had its glorious honeymoon when old and young, liberal and radical, comfortable and desperate, homeless and tenured all found that what they had in common was so compelling the differences hardly seemed to matter.

Posted on Feb 22, 2012 READ MORE | 10 COMMENTS

‘Democracy Now!’: Saving Mumia Abu-Jamal

For 30 years, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case has loomed large in debates about the death penalty in America. This week, his story took a major turn with the news that the prosecution in his murder case would no longer push for his execution. “Democracy Now!” ran two stories on the development Thursday, including a clip of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu requesting his release.

Posted on Dec 8, 2011 READ MORE

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Prosecutors Stop Seeking Death Penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal

He may not walk free, especially if Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has his say, but after decades of struggles and appeals, Mumia Abu-Jamal will not face the death penalty for his fiercely contested murder conviction in the killing of a police officer 30 years ago.