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After Sanders filibuster, tax deal passes and moves to House
December 14, 2010WASHINGTON-- Capitol Hill resounded with angry denunciations of the Republican right for holding "hostage" unemployment benefits for millions of jobless workers to force through tax giveaways for billionaires.
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WikiLeaks spawns OpenLeaks, global whistle-blowing community
December 14, 2010The biggest story about WikiLeaks may not be the contents of the documents it is releasing but its upending of secrecy, whistle-blowing and journalism as we know it.
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Exploding tea party myths about American history
December 14, 2010Jill Lepore's "The Whites of Their Eyes" is two distinct histories in the space of a single volume.
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Thousands of Georgia inmates stage peaceful strike
December 13, 2010Thousands of inmates in at least seven prisons across the state of Georgia staged a one-day peaceful protest in the form of a strike for their human rights, Dec. 9. The action is aimed at the...
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On Human Rights Day, caregivers celebrate a victory
December 13, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - For two hardworking women, International Human Rights Day 2010 was an occasion to celebrate. Victoria Aquino and Lourdes Torres, who came to the U.S. from the Philippines in recent years and worked as...
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