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Men Wrongly Detained After 9/11 Get $1.26M From Government

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Wtc, Detainees Settlement, 9/11, Us Government, Racism, World Trade Center, September 11th, Detainees, New York News

NEW YORK — Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1...

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Foreclosures: 'Worst Three Months Of All Time'

CNNMoney.Com | Les Christie | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, "Worst Three Months of All Time", Foreclosures 3rd Quarter 2009, U.S. Government, Third Quarter 2009, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Foreclosures Economic Crisis, Foreclosed Homes, Business News

Despite concerted government-led and lender-supported efforts to prevent foreclosures, the number of filings hit a record high in the third quarter, a...

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Twittering the G20 Iranian Style

Leslie Harris | Posted 10.06.2009 | Technology

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Civil Liberties, Iran, Center for Democracy and Technology, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, State Department, Federal Government of the United States, Free Speech, United State, U.S. Government, Twitter, New York, Pittsburgh, Technology News
Leslie Harris

In the wake of protests last week at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, the police arrested a self-professed anarchist for using Twitter to coordinate communications among G20 summit protesters.

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The Exit Strategy We Need at Home

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, National Security, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, Us Government, Senator Feingold, Admiral Mike Mullen, James McGovern, US Army, Cold War, State Department, Anti-War, Afghanistan War, World News
Lorelei Kelly

No matter how much we love and trust the U.S. military, the American face to the world cannot be wearing a uniform.

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The Honduran Battle for Washington

The Real News | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Honduran Coup, Us Government, Human Rights, Anti-Coup, World News
The Real News

There is a showdown in Washington between high-powered lawyers, politicians and lobbyists on one side, and on the other some dedicated anti-coup activists and one Honduran delegation.

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President Obama Confronts Holocaust Evil, Now Confront Slavery Evil

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Buchenwald, Holocaust, Slavery Reparations, Oprah, Colin Powell, President Obama, Slavery, Eric Holder, Us Government, Tiger Woods, Reparations, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The U.S. government, not just a handful of evil Southern planters, encoded slavery in the Constitution, and protected and nourished it for a century. The government should apologize.

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Congress and Administration Reach Deal on Economic Stimulus Plan

William Galston | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Congress, Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Federal Government, Financial Crisis, Us Economic Crisis, Us Government, Barack Obama and Financia Crisis, Barack Obama, Zombie Banks, Politics News
William Galston

Sooner or later, the administration will have to level with the people, and then make the case for a financial rescue package the magnitude of which will make the stimulus package look like pocket change.

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At the Crossroads of Politics and Art, Jenny Holzer is Waiting

Victoria Lautman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Iraq War, Guantanamo Detainees, Brutality, Politics, Art, Jenny Holzer, Chicago, Bosnian War, Terrorism, War, Us Government, CIA Torture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Aclu, Torture, George Bush, Iraq, Chicago News
Victoria Lautman

The exhibition Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art is timely indeed. Not to mention alarming. Even sickening.

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The Bailout of Joe the Plumber

Rick Smith | Posted 01.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Economy, Conspicuous Consumption, Bailout, Humor, Shopping, American Dream, Us Government, Style News
Rick Smith

On 12/1, the U.S. Government seized control of Joe the Plumber, preventing average Joe from falling into bankruptcy. He maintained that he was "just trying to live the American dream".

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Operation USA Named #1 Privately Funded Charity

Richard Walden | Posted 11.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Disaster Relief, International Relief, Charity Navigator, Operation Usa, Personal Finance, Us Government, Worldbank, Nongovernmental Group, Fema, Non-Governmental Relief, Living News
Richard Walden

Most of the large brand name relief groups derive 20-75% of all their funds from US government agencies but non-governmental Operation USA is not beholden to political winds.

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Turns Out That Our Government is Literally in Bed with Big Oil

Josh Tickell | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Us Government, Oil, Sexual Favors, Substance Abuse, Department of the Interior, Promiscuity, Scandal, Big Oil, Green News
Josh Tickell

"Recently, a scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of the Interior responsible for, among other things, royalties to oil companies."

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Solar Energy Projects Frozen By Federal Government

New York Times | DAN FROSCH | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: US Stops Solar Energy Projects, US Stops Solar Power Projects, Us Government, Solar Energy Projects, Solar Power Projects, Green News

Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land u...

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US Government "Prison Ship" For Your Next Vacation!

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home

Read More: 236.Com: News You Can Misuse, U.S. Government Prison Ship, U.S. Government, Prison Ship Vacation, 236.Com, Home News

The United States is being accused by human rights groups of holding terror suspects on "floating prisons." The groups allege that the U.S. has made a...

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US: Saudi Arabia Is Prime Source Of Terror Funds

LA Times | Josh Meyer | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwire, Terrorist Funding, Us Government, Terror Funds, Saudia Arbia Terror Funds, Terror Funding, Saudi Arabia, War on Terror, Home News

Saudi Arabia remains the world's leading source of money for Al Qaeda and other extremist networks and has failed to take key steps requested by U.S. ...

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