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Rep. Cummings: Obama’s Defender-in-Chief
Baltimore's Elijah Cummings is the voice of reason on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the chief restraint on chairman Darrell Issa.
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Three Words/Phrases That Reinforce Republican Anti-Government Propaganda
Here are three words or phrases currently being used widely that back up Republican anti-government propaganda. And here are some ideas about what you might want to say instead.
How Rotella Reported Another Dubious Iranian Bomb Plot
Gareth Porter examines Sebastian Rotella's dubious reporting on Iran.
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Summers’ Time: The Record That Should Keep Him Off the Fed
A White House aide has now floated the word that Larry Summers is being ‘vetted’ for nomination to head the Federal Reserve.
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Regulators Repeat Exactly What They Did During the Last Housing Boom
James Kwak examines the shortcomings of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Getting Syria-ous About Peace Talks
Robert Parry: The only way to stop the bloodshed in Syria is to get the various sides into peace talks - and it is the US-supported rebels who won't …
The Ancestral Values We Inherited: Protecting Indigenous Water, Land and Culture in Mexico
“We won't let the government or foreign companies own or exploit our resources,” says Saul Atanasio Roque Morales, a Xoxocotla indigenous man from the state of Morelos, Mexico.
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Overeducated, Underemployed and in Debt: What Now?
Not only are there huge class disparities in Western nations today, there are also generational disparities.
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Finishing the March for Livable Wages
Fast food workers earn less in a year than fast food CEOs do in a day. Yet, workers aren't asking for much more than to earn in a year …
Counterinsurgency Has Been Calamitous Doctrine for US
Col. Gian Gentile talks with Truthout about the myths surrounding the United States' reliance on a failed counterinsurgency policy.