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Was Bay Area Radical, Black Panther Arms Supplier Richard Aoki an Informant for the FBI?; “Subversives”: How the FBI Fought the 1960s Student Movement and Aided Reagan’s Rise to Power. HeadlinesAugust 23, 2012 CBO Warns U.S. Headed for Major Recession Obama Slams Romney Education Plan in Nevada Visit Romney Urges Supporters to Convert Swing … Continued
Akin Defies GOP Pleas to Exit Missouri Senate Race Before Deadline After Rape Comments Spark Uproar; Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom: Craig Unger on Stolen Votes, Political Attacks, Billionaire Ties. HeadlinesAugust 22, 2012 Akin Defies Calls from GOP Leaders to Leave Senate Race GOP Embraces Abortion Ban for Party Platform Court Overturns EPA Rules … Continued
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
