18 March 2010
Activism is change, not academic squabbles and bickering
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Ramzy Baroud
An activist is a person who feels strongly about a cause and who is also willing to dedicate time and energy towards advancing and realizing this cause.

This might be my own limited interpretation of what activism means. I was...
17 March 2010
How the Democrats can reclaim the youth vote
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Paul Loeb
If the Democrats don't get the youth vote, they're toast. That happened in Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, where young Obama voters stayed home in droves. It's an ugly conceivable future portended by a new Harvard poll that shows...
15 March 2010
I'm Down With Dennis
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David Swanson
Let me get this straight. The Senate will pass a public option if the House will. And the House will, because it already did. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't allow it. So the mortal enemy of public-option backers is . . . Dennis...
11 March 2010
War in a box
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Norman Solomon
The event on the House floor Wednesday (March 10) was monumental -- the first major congressional debate about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since lawmakers authorized the invasion of that country in autumn 2001. But, as Rep...
06 March 2010
Jay Bybee questioned as prelude to prosecution
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David Swanson
Susan Harman, who by now deserves some kind of medal and who will be joining in a protest of John Yoo on March 19th, questioned Jay Bybee yesterday about his crimes. Here's her report:

    "Yesterday Jay Bybee sat with the...
05 March 2010
Paradise lost
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Robert Koehler
We owe the residents of the tiny island paradise called Vieques full compensation for the illnesses they are suffering courtesy of the U.S. Navy — and we owe them so much more than that.

We owe them a full accounting of what...

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