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How to Do the Right Thing in a System That Is Wrong?
A summer evening. 1990. Perfect weather. My wife and I are with Hungarian friends, eating at a sidewalk café on a tree-lined street in Budapest. They’re troubled. …
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Twenty Reported Killed in Afghan Suicide Attack
Kabul, Afghanistan - Twenty people were killed in a suicide attack Sunday on the governor’s compound in Chaharikar in the central province of Parwan, Afghan officials said. …
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New Iran Sanctions Could Bring Unintended Blowback
Washington - A new Congressional push to sanction Iran's Central Bank is aimed at reducing Iranian oil revenues, but could backfire and hurt the global economy. …
The Drug-War Femicides
(Image: JR / Truthout) Barcelona - The number of women murdered is increasing in most of Central America and Mexico. In some countries, such as Honduras, the …
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Big Business Has Been Very Good to Mitt Romney
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives on stage for an event at Keiser University's Sarasota campus, in Sarasota, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. (Photo: Richard Perry / The New …
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The Struggle for Syria (2)
Demonstrators react during a march through city center Hama, in Syria, July 16, 2011. “Come on Bashar, leave,” is a song that in the weeks since it was heard …
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Pawlenty Drops Out of Republican Race
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican presidential candidate, attends a campaign event in Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 10, 2011. Pawlenty announced this morning he is ending his candidacy …
The Verizon Strike as the Next Wisconsin
Verizon workers on strike on August 9. (Photo: modernsara) The picket lines are up. This past weekend 45,000 Verizon workers on the East Coast, represented by the …
Could Unspent Stimulus Money Be Used to Fend Off a New Recession?
(Photo: 427) The nation's top economists are already giving odds on a double-dip recession. The Federal Reserve has only a few bullets left in its gun. And …
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Bachmann Narrowly Bests Ron Paul in Iowa GOP Straw Poll
Ames, Iowa - The race for the Republican presidential nomination came into sharper focus on Saturday as Gov. Rick Perry of Texas declared his candidacy in South Carolina and …