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Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comment Sheds Light on Paul Ryan’s Extreme Stance on Abortion; The Invisible Wounds of War: Number of Soldiers Committing Suicide Reaches Record High; Massacre in South Africa: Police Defend Killing of 34 Striking Workers at Platinum Mine. HeadlinesAugust 21, 2012 Todd Akin Vows to Remain in Senate Race Despite Firestorm … Continued
End the WikiLeaks Witch Hunt: Julian Assange’s Full Address from the Ecuadorean Embassy; Tariq Ali, Ex-U.K. Ambassador Craig Murray Praise Ecuador for Granting Asylum to Julian Assange; Solidarity Protests Held Worldwide After Russian Court Sentences Pussy Riot Members to 2-Year Term; “Nonprofits” Tied to Karl Rove, Koch Brothers Spend Millions on Elections and Call it … Continued
Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be “Unprecedented” Breach of Diplomatic Immunity; Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange; Judge Upholds Penn. Voter ID Law; GOP Admits Law Designed to “Allow” Mitt Romney to “Win the State;” Pussy Riot Members Sentenced To 2 Years For … Continued
Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; U.S. Seen as “Hidden Hand” Behind U.K. Threat to Raid Embassy; Undocumented Youth Line Up By the Thousands as Temporary Immigration Reprieve Takes Effect; “Back Off”: Assange Attorney Michael Ratner Urges U.K., U.S. to Respect Asylum Decision, Int’l Law; Mexican Poet, Activist Javier Sicilia Brings Peace Caravan Into US to … Continued
Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy on the Escalating Talk of a Military Attack on Iran; From Military Threats to Crippling Sanctions, U.S.-Israel Posturing on Iran Stokes Fears of War; Iranian Americans Warn Harsh U.S. Sanctions Could Restrict Aid to Iran’s Earthquake Victims; 77 Years After FDR Signs Social Security, VP Pick Paul Ryan Pushes Dismantling the … Continued
Egypt’s Morsi Ousts Top Generals, But Key Military Insiders Tapped to Fill the Gaps; Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Zabadani, a Syrian Town Under Siege with No End in Sight; Scholar Omar Dahi on the Economic and Human Toll of Syria’s Worsening Refugee Crisis; Paul Ryan’s Hometown of Janesville, WI Recovers With Federal Aid GOP VP … Continued
“An Extreme Choice”: Embracing Ayn Rand, GOP VP Pick Paul Ryan Backs Dismantling New Deal; The Paul Ryan Vision of America: Ban Abortion, Defund Contraception, Outlaw In Vitro Fertilization. HeadlinesAugust 13, 2012 Egyptian President Dismisses Top Generals; Supporters Fill Tahrir Square Romney Picks Paul Ryan as Running Mate, Firing Up Tea Party Wing of … Continued
Romney’s Death Squad Ties: Bain Launched With Millions From Oligarchs Behind Salvadoran Atrocities; Report From Turkey-Syria Border: Syrian Refugees Report “Horrific Carnage” in Besieged Aleppo; From Saudis to Soccer, Women Make Strides at Summer Olympics, But Are They Pawns of Backward IOC? HeadlinesAugust 10, 2012 Justice Dept. Says No to Prosecutions of Goldman Sachs … Continued
Academic Who Knew Sikh Shooter Wade Michael Page Says Neo-Nazi Soldiers, Musicians Shaped His Hatred; Author: Sikh Temple Massacre is the Outgrowth of Pervasive White Supremacism in U.S. Military Ranks; Former DHS Analyst Daryl Johnson on How He Was Silenced for Warning of Far-Right Militants in U.S. HeadlinesAugust 9, 2012 July Was Hottest Month … Continued
DREAM Activist: I Infiltrated Florida Facility to Expose How U.S. Still Detaining Youth Immigrants; Chevron Oil Refinery Fire in Richmond, California Forces Over 900 Residents to Hospitals; Texas Executes Man With IQ of 61; State Cites Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” To Justify Killing. HeadlinesAugust 8, 2012 Ex-Girlfriend of Sikh Temple Shooter Arrested New … Continued
