Saturday, July 6, 2013

Peace Talk and War Budget

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Peace Talk and War Budget

Peter G. Cohen, Truthout: Instead of budgeting for new nuclear weapons, the US government should be taking demonstrable actions further to its responsibilities under the Non Proliferation Treaty to abolish these weapons for all time.

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What We Can Learn From America's First Tea Party About Countering Corporate Power

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The Brief Wondrous Life (and Long Dangerous Half-Life) of Strontium-90

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This Is What Border Enforcement Actually Looks Like

Solange Uwimana, Media Matters: Conservative media figures have used border security as a sticking point against which to derail reform, but here are the facts on border enforcement.

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Finally, Some Good News About US Education

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Oregon's Step Towards Debt-Free Degrees

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The GOP's Endless War on Obamacare and the White House Delay

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Risky Business of Morsi's Ouster

Paul R. Pillar, Consortium News: The military ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was cheered by some anti-Islamists as a repudiation of Morsi's autocratic rule and his Muslim Brotherhood. But the coup could further radicalize the region's Islamists with dangerous implications.

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