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

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Supreme Court Warning

Quelle Surprise! Haiti on the Mend

Warren Opposes Obama Nominee, Lawmaker Urges Gender-Role Class for Kids, and More

How American University Got Involved in Israel's Public Interest

REPORTS

Quelle Surprise! Haiti on the Mend
By Mark Kurlansky

How American University Got Involved in Israel’s Public Interest
By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law

Dead Man Walking, 20 Years On
By Amy Goodman

Immigration: Time to Choose Sides
By E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Ear to the ground

Canada Bans the Mask: Unlawful Protesters Risk 10 Years in Prison

Warren Opposes Obama Nominee, Lawmaker Urges Gender-Role Class for Kids, and More

Wall Street Doesn’t Like What Fed Chairman Has to Say

Serena Williams Walks Back ‘Insensitive’ Steubenville Rape Comments

FBI Confirms Drone Use Over U.S. Soil

What Snowden Told Us This Week

A/V Booth

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Supreme Court Warning

Rachel Maddow Gives Emotional Tribute to Michael Hastings

GOP Congressman: Abortions Should Be Banned Because Male Fetuses Masturbate

The Campaign to Ignore Sarah Palin

Arts & Culture

Ernest Hemingway: Dud KGB Spy?

The Joy of Singing Out of the Spotlight
By Richard Schickel

Let Nicholas Kristof Damage Your Mind

The Unwinding
By Marc Fisher

Digs

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

Hugo Chavez

by Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka
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Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times

By Eyal Press
$24.00

Tag: River

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Rising Mississippi River Threatens Residents

People living along the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., are being asked to evacuate their homes after rising floodwater levels broke an 80-year record high earlier this week.

Posted on May 6, 2011 READ MORE

AP photo / Jeff Roberson

Thousands Flee Floods in Midwest

Several Midwestern states, including Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, have been hit hard by floods this week as rivers rose far beyond their normal levels. In Cedar Rivers, Iowa, a whole hospital had been evacuated, thousands of residents had fled their homes and over 400 city blocks were under water by Friday.

Posted on Jun 13, 2008 READ MORE | 4 COMMENTS

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‘Extinct’ Dolphin Seen

The Yangtze river dolphin was thought to be extinct, a victim of China’s explosive economic growth and environmental negligence, but one of the baiji, as the animal is known, was just caught on tape—alive and well.