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Formerly Secret Immigration Program Blacklisted Muslims, Denied Citizenship

The lawful waiting time for citizenship applications is six months, but for thousands of Muslims, the process was delayed for five years or more.

Trisha Marczak
Par Trisha Marczak

Zuhair Mahmoud had lived in the U.S. for a quarter of a decade, during which the blind native Jordanian and a Muslim volunteered his time to assist causes relating to awareness and support for those suffering from disabilities. Having gone through the proper immigrations channels, Mahmoud was a seemingly perfect candidate for U.S. citizenship --

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Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire

And, ten steps to take to do so.

Chalmers Johnson
Par Chalmers Johnson
In this photo taken on Sunday, March 17, 2013, and released by the South Korean Navy via Yonhap on Monday, March 18, 2013, South Korea and U.S. warships participate in their joint military drill Foal Eagle in South Korea's West sea.(AP Photo/South Korea Navy via Yonhap) KOREA OUT

However ambitious President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the vast, potentially ruinous global

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Test-tube babies: A cheaper technique for developing nations?

A simplified version of the procedure for developing countries could be done for about $265 with generic fertility drugs and basic lab equipment.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has evolved into a highly sophisticated lab procedure. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing a simpler and cheaper method. In the West, many would-be parents spend thousands of dollars for IVF, which involves pricey incubators

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Health Law Adds New Expense For Farmers, Contractors

Contractors, who provide farmers with field workers, say they’re already preparing for rise in cost & liability under the Affordable Care Act.

Sarah Varney
Par Sarah Varney
Insurance brokers and health providers estimate that meeting the Affordable Care Act’s minimum health plan will cost about $1 per hour per employee in the field (AP Photo/David Goldman)

HURON, Calif. — Farm labor contractors across California -- the nation's biggest agricultural engine -- are anxiously studying a provision of the Affordable Care Act, which will require hundreds of thousands of field workers to be covered by health insurance. And while the requirement to cover workers was recently delayed until 2015, the

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Afghan Civilians Speak Out About Massacre By US Soldier

The Kandahar massacre is known for it’s high media profile while countless U.S. military acts of atrocity go unreported.

Sarah Lazare
Par Sarah Lazare
FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, men stand next to blood stains and charred remains inside a home where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged on Friday, March 23, 2012 with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a capital offense that could lead to the death penalty in the massacre of Afghan civilians, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)

For the first time, Afghan survivors of the March 2012 Panjwai massacre stood in the same room with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who pled guilty to the unprompted onslaught that left 16 Afghan civilians dead—9 of them children, and 11 of them from the same family—and 6 wounded, and told what it was like to stand on the other side of Bales'

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Homeland Security, Made In Israel

American and Israeli law enforcement have more in common than you might think, except that Israeli police use profiling on an even larger scale.

Philip M. Giraldi
Par Philip M. Giraldi

If there should happen to be an al-Qaeda attack in Calhoun County Alabama, Sheriff Larry Amerson will presumably know what to do. That is because he and a number of colleagues in law enforcement have received paid trips to Israel to learn how to deal with the terrorist threat. The Washington-based Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs

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