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Fox News gave credence to debunked conspiracy theories surrounding the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, presenting outlandish fears about the treaty’s potential effects on domestic gun policy as legitimate reason to oppose it.

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In anticipation of a Senate vote on a United Nations treaty that seeks to promote equal rights for people with disabilities, conservative media have revived the debunked myth that the treaty threatens U.S. sovereignty. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities sets global standards for the treatment of people with disabilities, asking signatories to “ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability.” More than 120 nations have ratified the treaty, and though the United States signed it in 2009 and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved it, the Senate has been unable to obtain the required number of votes to push it through.

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Brian Moench Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, ran for President of the United States in 1844. Ever since then a rumor has circulated among Mormons known as the “White Horse Prophecy”: that the day would come when the U.S. Constitution would “hang by a thread” and a member of the Mormon priesthood would save the Constitution and the country

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Vicente Navarro One of the phrases frequently written in economic circles in the United States (and to a lesser degree in Europe) is “the Euro is going to collapse.” Those who repeat that phrase over and over again do not seem to know how the Euro was established, by whom, and for whose benefit. If they knew the history of the Euro, they would have noticed that the major forces behind the Euro have done very well and continue to do so.

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By Amy Lieberman, August 15, 2012 They say that they were hurt on the job and then fired, and that GM is stonewalling them. read more

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David Korten (Photo by Peasap.) The political debate in the United States and Europe has focused attention on public financial deficits and how best to resolve them. Tragically, the debate largely ignores the deficits that most endanger our future.

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New discoveries of natural resources in several African countries—including Ghana , Uganda, Tanzania, and Mozambique—raise an important question: Will these windfalls be a blessing that brings prosperity and hope, or a political and economic curse, as has been the case in so many countries?

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Also in Slate, William Saletan writes that Paul Ryan is what a Republican should be , David Weigel explains why conservatives love him , Matthew Yglesias explains how the pick means both sides will ignore the election’s most important issue , and Emily Bazelon asks if Romney just surrendered Florida .

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This week, in collaboration with Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, the Move to Amend campaign launched a fundraising drive to fund a national tour of the “Amend-O-Matic” to travel the United States as part of the group’s “Stampede to Amend” campaign. read more

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