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In Rediscovered Letter From 1865, Former Slave Tells Old Master To Shove It
In the summer of 1865, a former slave by the name of Jourdan Anderson sent a letter to his former master. And 147 years later, the document reads as richly as it must have back then...The letter is a response to a missive from Colonel P.H. Anderson, Jourdan's former master back in Big Spring, Tennessee...asking him to come on back to the big house to work.
Feb 1, 2012, 5:16pm
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Consuming Less to Help the Environment and the 99%
"It is no accident that 1% of the richest people in the United States own over 40% of the nation's wealth. It is no accident that we have become a nation of consumption. There is a direct link: the 1% own the businesses that we buy from, we fund them to bombard each and every one of us with thousands of marketing messages everyday, thereby causing us to buy even more "stuff" from them...
Jan 24, 2012, 3:35pm
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Chinese New Year of The Dragon
Chinese New Year 2012 begins Monday, Jan. 23, 2012...The Chinese New Year is symbolized by a new animal zodiac, determined by a 12-year cycle. Last year was the Year of the Rabbit. But 2012 welcomes a more commanding beast -- the Dragon...The Dragon is anything but a formidable foe in Chinese culture. Unlike the demon that gets slayed in Western literature, the Dragon is a symbol of good fortune and intense power...
Jan 23, 2012, 12:08pm
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What the Frack? Fracking Endangers Residents
"Proponents of fracking claim any contamination to drinking water is the result of natural causes...Residents and the EPA disagree. By forcing water (and chemicals as well as ceramic), opponents say fracking releases formerly closed off pockets of methane and natural gas, releasing it into the water system.
Jan 11, 2012, 11:53am
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A Thanksgiving Story:The Good Samaritan of the Desert
"The first Thanksgiving Day is said to have taken place in the land now known as Massachusetts. Whether or not it is true that the Pilgrims sat down with the Indians to enjoy a feast, it makes a good story.... (Originally published for Thanksgiving 2000 and still timely.)
Nov 24, 2011, 9:09am
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The Shadow Warriors of Tohono O'odham, Drugs & US Surveillance
They work for the federal government — and also to protect sacred lands of the Tohono O'odham Nation along the border with Mexico...But as an opposing point of view suggests - the real story, and grassroots Tohono O'odham who speak out against the US surveillance on sovereign Indian land, are also stalked, detained and threatened by US Border Patrol.
Nov 23, 2011, 11:32am
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How the US government secretly reads your email
Heather Brooke: "Most people are not aware of the ease with which governments - free, open and so-called democratic - can access and peruse our private communications. This is because these court orders are commonly sealed. What is uncommon is for internet service providers to request the orders be unsealed so they can inform their customers...
Oct 11, 2011, 10:44am
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Things To Expect In Jail: Some Notes For Peaceful Protesters
"Given the news of arrests at peaceful protests, it is not unrealistic to assume that if you attend a peaceful demonstration of any kind, you may be arrested and taken to jail...a few things to consider: There will be a delay before you can make a phone call; Do not expect to be read your rights or know your charges or be provided with an attorney: Those days are gone, except in the movies...
Sep 28, 2011, 2:07pm
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Tea Party Gets the Constitution Wrong
Robert Parry: "The Tea Partiers love to cite the U.S. Constitution as supporting their contempt for the federal government. But they don't realize that the Constitution represented the most important assertion of central authority in American history.
Sep 18, 2011, 3:14pm
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Japan: Effect of contaminated soil on food chain sparks fears
The Japan Times: "Six months after the nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture, the public's awareness of the threat posed by radiation is entering a new phase: the realization that the biggest danger now and in the future is from contaminated soil...
Sep 11, 2011, 2:49pm
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New War Rationale: 'Protect Civilians'
Robert Parry: "The United Nations Security Council authorized NATO's air campaign in Libya "to protect civilians." But that rationale has been stretched by President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders to justify a war for "regime change" that actually is putting civilian lives in danger...
Aug 28, 2011, 4:12pm
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Architects and engineers challenge official story of World Trade Center Building 7 collapse
J. D. Heyes: "A number of architectural engineers all believe that WTC Building 7 buckled and fell not because of raging fires on the first floor that tore through office furniture and weakened the structure, as a government agency concluded, but because it had been rigged well in advance with explosives. (Video included.)
Aug 20, 2011, 4:51pm
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'Agent Orange' Relief Sought for Vietnam
"Among the many acts of U.S.-inflicted devastation in the Vietnam War was the aerial spraying of Agent Orange and other herbicides to kill vegetation, thus making the Vietcong easier to hunt down and kill. However, the cancer-causing chemicals proved dangerous in other ways to both those on the ground and in the air.
Aug 11, 2011, 5:06pm
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Nuking Japan's Christian Center - Nagasaki
Gary G. Kohls: "American Christians are fond of appealing to Jesus and God to bless U.S. military missions, with little regard for the contradictions between Christ's peaceful teachings and Washington's war policies. Perhaps never was that hypocrisy clearer than in the decision to bomb Nagasaki, Japan, which was home to many of the island's Christians...
Aug 9, 2011, 2:19pm
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The Decision to Bomb Hiroshima
Gar Alperovitz: "Today is the 66th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Though most Americans are unaware of the fact, increasing numbers of historians now recognize the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb to end the war against Japan in 1945.
Aug 5, 2011, 4:55pm
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