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

The Terror Con

The U.S. Military and the Unraveling of Africa

Greenland's Great Melt Is Pinned on Climate Change

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REPORTS

Immigration: Time to Choose Sides
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Guantanamo Prisoner’s Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions
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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

Ear to the ground

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

Google Fights for Transparency in FISA Court

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
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Let Nicholas Kristof Damage Your Mind

The Unwinding
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The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

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Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

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Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

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Tag: Slave Labor

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What We Have Here Is a Failure to Compensate

At a time of record unemployment, American companies are increasingly exploiting the low-cost labor of 2.3 million Americans behind bars. This means fewer jobs available for free citizens, which leads to more unemployment, which produces more crime ... (more)

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Graffiti Artist Redraws ‘Simpsons’ Intro (Video)

Although it has now been not funny longer than it was the best show on television (or ever?), “The Simpsons” is still finding ways to stay innovative. This guest title sequence, overseen by brilliant street artist Banksy, self-reflexively addresses accusations of slave labor against the show.