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The Terror Con

The FBI May Have Finally Found Jimmy Hoffa

Say Hello to the 'Super Rich'

The Making of a Global Security State

This Will Not End Well

REPORTS

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

Climate Change Puts Lake Life at Risk
By Tim Radford, Climate News Network

The Terror Con
By Robert Scheer

Ear to the ground

IRS Conspiracy Theory Debunked, Rand Paul Criticizes Cheney, and More

Bill Ayers: Try Obama, Bush for War Crimes

Experts Don’t Buy Claim Syria Used Chemical Weapons

Brazil Erupts in Protest Over Services and Soccer Costs (Video)

New Iranian President Wants to Heal ‘Old Wound’ With U.S.

The FBI May Have Finally Found Jimmy Hoffa

A/V Booth

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

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

Tag: Uc

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Age Trumps Youth in UC Tuition Dispute

By Yasha Levine —

Student protesters may think they are simply battling a wasteful, callous government bureaucracy that is more concerned about bailing out Wall Street banks than supporting a frivolous thing like education. But really the fight is about something much more basic and widespread: It is a fight between the young and the old, between California’s baby boomer pensioners and everyone under 49.