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In The Shoes Of A Rape Victim: Standing Up Against The World

A small Minnesota town grapples with the fallout from an all too common crime.

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

Little is heard on the streets of Halstad, Minn., on a typical weekday. Residents quietly go about their business, traveling to the town’s humble main street to run errands at the local hardware store, pausing only to wave to fellow community members. Yet in the midst of this quiet Minnesota life, there are loud secrets. In mid-May, Halstad, with

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‘Worse Than NSA’: UK Spy Agency Amasses ‘World’s Communication’

A new report reveals the secret database of phone and internet records that dwarfs previous revelations.

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley

Always seemingly in lockstep with the United States, new reports reveal that the UK's spy agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has gained covert access to the "world's communications" and has amassed an infinite database, which they freely share with their US counterpart, the NSA. "It's not just a US problem. The UK has a

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Partisan Deadlock Over Food Stamps Kills The Farm Bill

House Democrats said cuts to the food stamp program were too big; Republicans said they were too small.

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

Lawmakers defeated the proposed $940 billion farm bill on a 195-234 vote Thursday after Democrats protested cuts of $20.5 billion to a public assistance program that helps feed 50 million low-income Americans. The United States’ current farm and nutrition programs expire in September 2013, but the American public will have to wait a little longer

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The Fall Of The House Of Detroit

While the city’s unelected “financial manager” steers Detroit into default, the truth is that millions of Americans knowingly abandoned Motor City.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh
A decaying house in Detroit, Mich. (Photo/Angie Linder via Flickr)

A long time ago in a country long since forgotten by most alive today, the city of Detroit stood as an example of all that was good about America. Gleaming factories filled with unionized workers led by far-thinking industrialists churned out automobiles gobbled up by consumers around the world. It was the motor city, a mecca of mass production,

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Brazilian Government To Hold Emergency Meeting As Protests Escalate

A day after a protester was killed amid nationwide rallies, Brazil’s president has called an emergency cabinet meeting.

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley

Up to a million demonstrators marched on the city of Rio de Janiero Thursday night in an overwhelming statement that the ongoing protests which have rocked the country for the past few weeks are about "more than just 20 cents." Similar demonstrations were reported in over 80 cities across the country with a total turnout estimated at roughly 2

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Immigrant Denied US Citizenship Because Of Her Atheist Beliefs

Margaret Doughty, who legally worked in the U.S. for 30 years, was denied citizenship for citing her atheism as grounds for conscientiously objecting to fighting in wars.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

For the past 30 years, Margaret Doughty has lived in the U.S., working as an international literacy expert and running nonprofit adult literacy organizations. Originally from the United Kingdom, Doughty recently applied for U.S. citizenship but ran into some issues when asked whether or not she would be willing to fight in defense of the

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