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The Government is collecting phone records for millions and millions of Americans under the PATRIOT Act. It's an outrage: The Guardian has obtained long sought-after evidence of the extent of ongoing spying on Americans under the PATRIOT Act -- and it's as bad as we'd worried. The NSA is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

Colorado has crippled its own ability to tax. And now some citizens say that's depriving them of their right to a republican government.

Documents presented to the Fund's board last Friday will reveal that the Washington-based organisation underestimated the damage austerity would cause to the eurozone country, which has required two bailouts in the past three years.

For all the excitement about left-leaning demographics, a real majority party needs better numbers among blue-collar whites.

Nick Coles previews the scholarly and creative works that were recognized in this year's Working-Class Studies Association awards.

We all want to believe a recovery is here, but indicators are that it's not. We're getting swindled again by banks and politicians.

'If you thought you had a fight a month ago, you ain't seen nothing yet,' say protest leaders as 151 arrested

The Tulsa Race Riot stands as one of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history.

Bulent Arinc apologises to original environmental protesters as two men die in continuing demonstrations.

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