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By Vasily Grossman; Robert Chandler (Introduction by)
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By Susan Zakin — Some people think the book business in on its last legs. But others think it isn’t a business at all.
Posted on Dec 7, 2012
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By David Sirota — To publish or not to publish? That was the debate in media circles this week after the New York Post printed a horrifying photo of a man named Ki Suk Han who had been pushed onto the subway tracks and was trying to avoid getting hit by a train.
Posted on Dec 6, 2012
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Nick Anderson —
Posted on Dec 6, 2012
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Dec 5, 2012
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By Bill Boyarsky — The recent Leveson Report on the British hacking scandal shows the danger of the media baron adding to his already vast American holdings.
Posted on Dec 5, 2012
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The right-leaning cable channel has inundated its viewers over the years with the message that the consumerist Christian holiday is under assault by a nefarious group that includes people from other religions, atheists and liberals. Stewart calls the network out on its BS.
Posted on Dec 4, 2012
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World Economic Forum / Monika Flueckiger (CC-BY-SA)
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So much for that digital experiment. News Corp. announced Monday that it will stop producing its tablet-only periodical The Daily on Dec. 15.
Posted on Dec 3, 2012
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The Republican-turned-independent made the comment while discussing the “war on Christmas” with “The O’Reilly Factor” host. O’Reilly was irate that the statehouse tree is called a “holiday tree” rather than a “Christmas tree.”
Posted on Dec 2, 2012
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Dec 1, 2012
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The conservative rabble-rouser is defending, as only he can, the First Amendment rights of an artist who painted President Obama being crucified on a cross.
Posted on Nov 28, 2012
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Larry Wright, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Nov 28, 2012
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Nov 27, 2012
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AP/Elizabeth Dalziel
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By Chris Hedges — Humans must immediately implement a series of radical measures to halt carbon emissions or prepare for the collapse of entire ecosystems and the displacement, suffering and death of hundreds of millions of the globe’s inhabitants, according to a report commissioned by the World Bank.
Posted on Nov 26, 2012
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Simon Gibbs (CC-BY-SA)
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Will Hutton, writing in The Observer, says the “precious freedom of speech of an individual is different from the freedom of speech of a media corporation with its capacity to manipulate the opinions of millions.”
Posted on Nov 25, 2012
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Pope Benedict XVI claims that, thanks to a sixth-century monk’s mistake, the most commonly used calendar is off by several years; topless feminists disguised as nuns protest anti-gay marriage in Paris; meanwhile, mainstream media pile on the same cliches about Israel and Palestine we’ve been hearing for 40 years. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Nov 23, 2012
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Signe Wilkinson —
Posted on Nov 20, 2012
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Over the weekend, Rupert Murdoch tweeted this to his followers: “Why Is Jewish owned press so consistently anti-Israel in every crisis?”
Posted on Nov 19, 2012
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Torben Hansen (CC-BY)
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By David Sirota — What’s next? Amid all the munchie-themed jokes from reporters, political elites and late-night comedians, this remains the overarching question after Coloradans voted overwhelmingly to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in the same way alcohol is already legalized, regulated and taxed.
Posted on Nov 15, 2012
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By William Pfaff — As a former serviceman, I have been long bemused by the proliferation of ribbons and other decorations on the chests of today’s high-ranking army officers, now mired in scandal.
Posted on Nov 13, 2012
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Illustration by Mr. Fish
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By Chris Hedges — I learned at the age of 10, when I was shipped off to a New England boarding school where the hazing of younger boys was the principal form of recreation, that those who hunger for power are psychopathic bastards.
Posted on Nov 5, 2012
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By Bill Boyarsky — In a campaign dominated in the final months by the efforts of President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney to win a minority of states, the left and its agenda have been ignored. So have its candidates.
Posted on Nov 5, 2012
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Nov 2, 2012
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Nate Silver is seen by conservatives as a threat to Republicans this election. It’s not simply because Silver, the statistician behind the New York Times-hosted FiveThirtyEight blog, predicts that President Obama will win the election. Rather, it’s also because Silver is one of the most accurate forecasters out there.
Posted on Nov 1, 2012
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By Amy Goodman — Millions of victims of Superstorm Sandy remain without power, but they are not powerless to do something about climate change.
Posted on Oct 31, 2012
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Illustration by Mr. Fish
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By Chris Hedges — The November election is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It is not a battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It is a battle between the corporate state and us.
Posted on Oct 29, 2012
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A recent study shows blacks in the U.S. are more likely to identify as gay than other ethnic groups; saggy pants have become illegal in a Florida city; meanwhile, Mitt Romney’s work for big tobacco is at odds with his professed Mormon beliefs. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Oct 27, 2012
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By Joe Conason — The neglect of the Delphi story by mainstream and even progressive outlets such as MSNBC has been remarkable, particularly because neither Romney nor his campaign has denied it.
Posted on Oct 25, 2012
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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen —
Posted on Oct 22, 2012
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Jeff Parker, Cagle Cartoons, Florida Today and the Fort Myers News-Press —
Posted on Oct 22, 2012
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Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch —
Posted on Oct 21, 2012
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AP/Susan Walsh
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The famed whistle-blower has been a sharp critic of the president, but he says a Romney/Ryan administration would be “catastrophically worse.”
Posted on Oct 18, 2012
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By Joe Conason — When innocent citizens asked about unemployment Tuesday night at the town hall presidential debate on Long Island, would Mitt Romney again tout his plan to create 12 million jobs?
Posted on Oct 18, 2012
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Olle Johansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden —
Posted on Oct 17, 2012
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Photo by photofairy (CC-BY)
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You don’t get to be a tycoon by going soft, and at this year’s shareholder meeting, Rupert Murdoch was defiant in the face of disgruntled investors.
Posted on Oct 16, 2012
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Photo by Devin Smith (CC-BY)
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By Peter Z. Scheer — There is no single issue more frustrating to the cause of progress than the relative struggle the left has organizing voters and getting them to the polls.
Posted on Oct 16, 2012
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By Amy Goodman — The great recession of 2008, this global economic meltdown, has wiped out the life savings of so many people and created a looming threat of chronic unemployment for millions.
Posted on Oct 10, 2012
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The much-hyped political debate between cable personality heavyweights Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart turned out to be a very spirited—not to mention popular—affair. The Fox News and Comedy Central hosts squared off over the weekend in a 90-minute “Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium” at George Washington University that was streamed live online.
Posted on Oct 8, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Mitt Romney apologizing to nearly half of America, Justice Scalia weighing in on abortion and gay rights, and the horrendous thing Rick Santorum wants to do to Big Bird.
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — I would be careful about declaring the presidential contest “a whole new race” following Wednesday’s debate.
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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By Amy Goodman — A few miles south of the campus arena in the Mile High City where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met in their first debate, “Democracy Now!” news hour broke the sound barrier by expanding their gated debate to include two third-party presidential candidates.
Posted on Oct 4, 2012
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By Robert Reich — A sampling of questions you should not expect debate moderator Jim Lehrer to ask during Wednesday’s night highly anticipated showdown between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Dr. Martin Makary blows the whistle on hospital horror stories, Paul Ryan’s “secret” tape, women hand it to Obama and Nato Green says the left will never be happy.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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Photo illustration from an image by Colin Grey (CC-BY)
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Dr. Martin Makary blows the whistle on hospital horror stories, Paul Ryan’s “secret” tape, women hand it to Obama and Nato Green says the left will never be happy.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including more bad news for Mitt Romney, Claire McCaskill’s response to Todd Akin’s sexist remarks and further Republican charges about President Obama’s religion.
Posted on Sep 28, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Sep 27, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the surfacing of another potentially damaging Mitt Romney video, the latest election forecast and Bill Clinton mulls his election options.
Posted on Sep 27, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including why Mitt Romney says his heart aches, the GOP is back to supporting Todd Akin and his ridiculous “legitimate rape” comments, and the latest Fox News failure.
Posted on Sep 26, 2012
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