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Outrage over Bushs bid to OK torture
September 22, 2006WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush is meeting stiff resistance both inside and outside Congress as he attempts to ram through legislation to permit use of coerced testimony and secret evidence in kangaroo-style military tribunals at...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD
September 22, 2006Students take stand against hate symbol Students from different faith-based groups came together for the first time at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis-St. Paul after a swastika was found painted on a campus sidewalk. More...
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Embrace the Salt of the Earth
September 22, 2006“Salt of the Earth,” the 1954 classic labor film depicting the militant struggle of Mexican American miners against the Empire Zinc Company — a film that was blacklisted and banned by the U.S. government for decades...
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Miami journalists take govt money
September 15, 2006Using information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the Miami Herald on Sept. 8 named 10 journalists as having received U.S. government money for work with Radio and TV Marti, the U.S. outlet for propaganda...
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MovieREVIEW: As American as getting high
September 15, 2006MovieREVIEWHalf Nelson Directed by Ryan Fleck Written by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Rated R, 106 min., 2006 CHICAGO — What we are watching in Anna Boden’s and Ryan Fleck’s “Half Nelson” feels like a “full...
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