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Kiriakou and the Kite Runner

The CIA agent who just admitted to waterboarding a high-ranking al Qaeda operative has had an interesting retirement.

Lindsay Beyerstein

Conflict of interest?

Adam Doster

Nobel Laureate George W. Bush?

Sanhita SinhaRoy

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Lights! Camera! Collective Action!

The Writers Guild of America strikes to secure a piece of the pie in the Digital Age

David Moberg

Wisky labor history

Adam Doster

Viewpoint

The Boy Who Cried WMD

It's time for George W. Bush to holster his guns and ride off into that Wild West sunset only he can see

Sanhita SinhaRoy

Culture

King of the Crop

Two years ago the federal government spent $9.4 billion to promote corn production, driving small farmers off their lands in Mexico, because they were unable to compete with U.S. imports

Ben Terrall

Thanks, Democrats!  We Couldn’t Have Tortured ‘Em Without You!

Jarrett

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Hanging Hate

Backlash against the Jena Six case sparks an epidemic of public nooses

David A Love

Comics

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Terry LaBan

Highly Terrified About Contraceptives…

Jarrett

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The Military’s Stealth Test

School districts are beginning to keep the results of a dodgy student aptitude test out of the hands of military recruiters

Megan Tady

DoJ on prison stats

Adam Doster

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Third Time’s the Charm?

The military didn't even bother to retain most of the documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals conducted in 2004, so the government has no documents showing any reason for holding these men

H. Candace Gorman

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The Democrats’ Path to Victory

The public demand for progressive politics is growing stronger

David Moberg

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Supreme Court Inc.

The Roberts Court unravels a generation of progress

Stephen J. Fortunato Jr.

Jena Six update: Mychal Bell Plead Guilty

Erin Polgreen

Viewpoint

Primary Importance

For leaders of interest groups and social movements, power comes from being able to show elected officials that you know who, where, and how numerous these hell-or-high-water voters are within your ranks, and within their districts, at all times

Hans Johnson