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Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria

Real American Boy: How Our Byzantine Immigration System and Failed Economy May Have Made a Terrorist

Tumblr Is Worth $1.1 Billion to Yahoo For One Reason: You

It's News, Not Espionage

Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued
By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch

Warming Climate Endangers U.K. Farming
By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network

Real American Boy: How Our Byzantine Immigration System and Failed Economy May Have Made a Terrorist
By Susan Zakin

Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria
By Juan Cole

DOJ Allegedly Spied on Fox News Correspondent, the FBI Investigates Bachmann, and More

Gillibrand’s Student Loan Proposal Follows Warren’s Lead

College: A Lesson in Inequality

Obama Unscathed by Scandals, Mayor Denies Smoking Crack, and More

Will Yahoo ‘Ruin’ Tumblr?

Flaring Violence Kills 130 People in Iraq in Three Days

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

‘The Daily Show’: Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

Video Allegedly Shows Police Beating David Silva to Death

‘SNL’: Stefon’s Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

What Every Person Should Know About War

Chris Hedges
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The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus

By Lesley Blanch
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Tag: Symbol

bbc.co.uk

It started as a rallying image for the British anti-nuclear movement in the late ‘50s and went on to become one of the world’s most instantly recognizable—and widely adopted—symbols. But did you know that the iconic peace sign was originally derived from the semaphore alphabet?

Posted on Mar 20, 2008 READ MORE | 15 COMMENTS

From Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

Battle Scars: The War Within

A Marine in Iraq who became the poster boy of the assault on Falloujah returns home to Kentucky, where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress. | story
Powerful stuff.