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Globalizing the “Global War on Terror.”

The nearly $1 trillion national security budget.

Several cities in the United States, including Chicago, prepare for upcoming protests and major conventions with unprecedented levels of security.

Senator Sherrod Brown has been a leader in taking on the big banks, and now the Chamber of Commerce is retaliating.

It’s smart politics—the PO is popular, and could be a great community aid in the digital era.

The founder of Providence was the first to see that religious freedom, and separation of church and state, was intimately connected with political freedom.
 

Weakling at home, imperial president abroad.

The USDA proposes to increase the line speed at poultry plants, which could endanger employees who already work long hours doing repetitive hand motions.

Legislators who are leaving the corporate front group ALEC deserve applause.

The USDA proposes to increase line speed in poultry plants, but the debate is only about food safety. What about the workers?