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The Republican Party and the big lies
July 7, 2011Modern Republicans reject every effective job plan and then blame Democrats for unemployment.
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The meaning of Blair Mountain
July 6, 2011Blair Mountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, but coal operators pressed to have it removed in 2010.
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Exonerated political prisoner, Geronimo Pratt, dies in Tanzania
June 9, 2011Geronimo Pratt, a former leader of the Black Panther Party falsely accused, then imprisoned for 27 years, died June 3 in Tanzania.
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Palin, Paul Revere and the rewards of ignorance
June 8, 2011Sarah Palin and her friends on the Republican right seem to have never heard of either validity or reliability.
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Werner Herzog goes deep in 3-D “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
June 6, 2011An exclusive visit to see the paintings deep inside the Chauvet caves of southern France, arranged by permission of the French government. Very few people will ever see these paintings with their own eyes.
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