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How To Correct The Course of America: Banking And Foreign Policy

A tattered American flag flies over a homeless encampment, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) For every person, answering the question how to correct the course for America, there is a personal viewpoint that often varies upon circumstance. However, the underlying premise is that something is wrong that needs fixing. The couch […]

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بواسطة Sartre Batr
A tattered American flag flies over a homeless encampment, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)

For every person, answering the question how to correct the course for America, there is a personal viewpoint that often varies upon circumstance. However, the underlying premise is that something is wrong that needs fixing. The couch potatoes drift through life voluntarily removing their involvement from the political process as much as possible.

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Fear Of Renewed War As Sectarian Tensions Flare In Northern Ireland

Police officers attempt to stop fighting between loyalist and Nationalist groups outside outside St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) (MintPress) — Recent sectarian violence across Northern Ireland has raised fears that riots in Belfast could soon escalate into a broader conflict. Sixty police officers were injured when rival […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
Police officers attempt to stop fighting between loyalist and Nationalist groups outside outside St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

(MintPress) — Recent sectarian violence across Northern Ireland has raised fears that riots in Belfast could soon escalate into a broader conflict. Sixty police officers were injured when rival Protestant and Catholic groups threw stones and petrol bombs. Authorities claim the violence ignited when a Catholic parade marched through the streets of

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Occupy Movement 1 Year On: The Past, The Present, The Future

Thousands of occupy demonstrators march through the streets of Chicago’™s North Side to the home of Mayor Rahm Emanuel to protest the cities closure of 7 mental heath clinics due to budget cuts, on Saturday May 19, 2012. The protest comes on the eve of the NATO summit also taking place in Chicago. (Photo Norbert […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
Thousands of occupy demonstrators march through the streets of Chicago'™s North Side to the home of Mayor Rahm Emanuel to protest the cities closure of 7 mental heath clinics due to budget cuts, on Saturday May 19, 2012. The protest comes on the eve of the NATO summit also taking place in Chicago. (Photo Norbert Schiller/Mint Press)

(MintPress) — One year ago, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement captured the nation’s attention as a small group of protesters answered the call to confront economic injustice by physically occupying the financial center of the U.S. — Wall Street. The encampment quickly swelled, bringing together many Americans from the “99 percent” outraged by

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Former UN Chief Report: US Elections Increasingly Corrupt

In this Aug. 11, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, greet supporters, during a campaign rally in Manassas, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (MintPress) — A new report by the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security cites the […]

Joey LeMay
بواسطة Joey LeMay
In this Aug. 11, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, greet supporters, during a campaign rally in Manassas, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

(MintPress) — A new report by the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security cites the United States as a specific example in a report for having increasingly corrupt elections that have a growing reliance on outside political financing. The report indirectly hits at the oft-debated Citizens United ruling, which gives private

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Chicago Teachers’ Message Blurred As They Fight For Better Education For Students

Striking Chicago school teachers march after a rally Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong) (Mint Press) — As tens of thousands of teachers take to the Chicago Streets in a sea of red, shutting down schools and causing interruptions within the city, the message they are attempting to send, not only to […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak
Striking Chicago school teachers march after a rally Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

(Mint Press) — As tens of thousands of teachers take to the Chicago Streets in a sea of red, shutting down schools and causing interruptions within the city, the message they are attempting to send, not only to the Chicago Public School system, but to the nation seems to be getting lost in translation. Is it about dreams of a six-figure salary

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Attacks On Civil Liberties: Terrorist Watchlist, Stop-And-Frisk Policies, Voter ID Laws

A security official speaks to convention goers as they were asked to move outside a security zone, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C., during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.The entrance was delayed because of safety concerns. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) (MintPress) — James Ian Tyson, a North Carolina resident, was recently detained […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
A security official speaks to convention goers as they were asked to move outside a security zone, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C., during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.The entrance was delayed because of safety concerns. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

(MintPress) — James Ian Tyson, a North Carolina resident, was recently detained for questioning after he attended a peaceful protest outside the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Tyson, was found to be on a “terrorist watchlist” despite only participating in peaceful protests during his work as an activist. Members of the Identity

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