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    ALEC: Dismantling Public Education “Drip by Drip”

    JUNE 1, 2012 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: privatizing public education, dismantling public education, inc., k-12, sylvan learning, washington policy center, evergreen education group, goldwater institute, friedman foundation, edweek.org, julie f. mead, judy underwood, american federation for children, special needs scholarship act, jeffersonian principles, representative mark pocan, political wars in wisconsin, wisconsin state assembly, education week, anniejo, daily kos, american legislative exchange council, alec, education, politics

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    The Dragon’s Dance with Hyenas

    FEBRUARY 13, 2012 1:12AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: chinese dragon, watusi shuffle, african hyenas, african union building new, china in africa, china in ethiopia, teodoro obiang nguema, china noninterference, china model, china model africa, liu guijin china's special representative african affairs, yoweri museveni uganda, paul kagame rwanda, robert mugabe zimbabwe, new breed of african leaders, kwame nkrumah, ghana constitution, african dictators, inc., world bank ease of doing business index, meles zenawi, global financial integrity ethiopia, world press freedom index, china zambia, michael sata zambia china, jia qinglin, chairman of the national committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference, alemayehu g mariam, economy

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 2251 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement

    DECEMBER 8, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: corporate murder, corporations are people too, regulatory capture, mike elk, senator joe manchin, deregulation, government regulation, environmental regulation, all the devils are here, bethany mclean, inc., mccoy coal group, npr, howard berkes, jr., ken ward, richard trumpka, coal tattoo, charleston gazette, alpha national resources, kevin stricklin, increasingly clean coal, tony oppegard, msha, mine safety and health administration, gary wayne quarles. booth goodwin, gary quarles, don blankenship, massey energy, rex mullins, clay mullins, upper big branch mine settlement, upper big branch mine disaster, coal mining disasters, coal mining, coal, environment, business

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    To Catch Africa’s Biggest Thieves Hiding in America!

    NOVEMBER 7, 2011 12:02AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: u.s. department of justice kleptocracy asset recovery initiative, equatorial guinea, teodoro obiang nguema mbasogo, teodoro nguema obiang mangue civil forfeiture, kenya 2004 kroll report, nigeria sani abacha, moamar gadhafi, united nations development program global financial integrity ethiopia, nigeria ibrahim babangida, guniea lansana conte, togo gnassingbe eyadema, gabon omar bongo, burkina faso blaise campore, denis sassou nguesso, africorruption, inc., attorney general eric holder africa, racketeer influenced corrupt organizations act rico, african racketeer influenced corruption act africa, civil forfeiture africa, africa kleptocrats, human rights in africa, immigration and customs enforcement, homeland security investigations toll free 866-347-2423, immigration and customs enforcement eginfo1@ice.dhs.gov, political prisoners in ethiopia, politics

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    • 17 Ratings
    • 1214 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    I Write. . . to the Ticking. . .

    JULY 22, 2011 7:43AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: writing, blogging, photography, ad writing, old photos, family, passing the time, faces of clocks, our days are numbered, the things we save. liggett-stashower, inc.

    • 0 Ratings
    • 81 Views
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    Check out my new website

    JULY 12, 2011 2:05PM

    By Christine MacDonald


    Topics: inc., green, christine macdonald, reporting, environmental, journalism, investigative

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1311 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    U.S. Africa Policy: Empty Words, Emptier Promises

    JUNE 27, 2011 12:33AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: politics, u.s. africa policy, moral hazard u.s. policy africa, hilary clinton african union, ethiopia u.s. relations, african dictators, secretary clinton africa speech, africa good governance, africa elections, obama africa, ethiopia may 2010 elections, uganda elections, yoweri museveni election, elections cote d’ivoire, laurent gbagbo, mamadou tandja, ali bongo ondimba gabon, teodoro obiang nguema equatorial guinea, african kleptocracies, africorruption, inc., george ayittey, briefcase bandits, sani abacha nigeria, omar al-bashir sudan, hosni mubarak $40 billion, u.s. aid africa, africa thugtators, africa human rights watch, u.s. attorney general eric holder kleptocracy, corruption africa, transparency international africa, meles zenawi dictator

    • 26 Ratings
    • 1000 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Slavery in the Produce Aisle

    APRIL 26, 2011 7:17AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: human traficking, thais, hawaii and state of washington, global horizons, inc., equal economic opportunity commission, labor exploitation, government agencies, health, news, pineapples, apples

    • 2 Ratings
    • 436 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    How "Food, Inc." changed my thoughts on my body.

    APRIL 12, 2010 7:33PM

    By Nicholas Holevas


    Topics: e-coli, cows, inc., food, howard street

    • 0 Ratings
    • 225 Views
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    To Lou, From Sarah

    NOVEMBER 15, 2009 2:45AM

    By J.D. Rourke


    Topics: cnn, going rogue, sarah palin, lou dobbs, inc., quitters

    • 0 Ratings
    • 525 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Freedom, June 2009

    JUNE 24, 2009 11:12AM

    By Lloyd Lofthouse


    Topics: food, clinton, bush, oprah, barbara kowalcyk, tiananmen square, liu xiaobo, associated press, farmers, farming, genetically altered soybeans, soybeans, documentary, inc., america, china, freedom

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