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So This Is Despair
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters during a news conference about the nation's deficit and increasing the debt limit, at the White House in Washington on July 11, 2011. …
New York Times Reporting Misses the Mark on Iceland, Prints Neoliberal Line
Icelandic bank Glitnir was nationalized and rebranded as Islandsbanki before it was sold back to its former creditors. (Photos: kfcatles, Li'l Wolf) "Everyone is entitled to his …
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Emails Show White House Promotes Genetically Engineered Crops in Wildlife Refuges
Monsanto researchers in Stonington, Illinois, are working to develop new soybean varieties in this July 2006 file photo. According to PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, "The White House is …
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Harry Reid Calls House Republicans’ Bluff
Something you often see in negotiations is a mismatch between one side’s stated sticking points and its real sticking points. In the debate over the debt ceiling, for example, …
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You Maaad! How Fox News Uses Hip-Hop to Create Race Panics
Lupe Fiasco, performing at the 2011 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. Fiasco appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show, where he criticized President Obama's policies, leaving O'Reilly to defend the president. (Photo: eastscene) …
The Payroll Tax Cut: A Stimulus That Progressives Should Oppose
(Photo: willc2; Edited: JR / Truthout) President Obama is proud of the fact that he was willing to bargain away the core of the country's social safety …
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Murdoch’s 12 Mortal Sins
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp., during an interview in his office in New York on Thursday, May 3, 2007. (Photo: James Estrin / The New …
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Exile in the Promised Land: Why Black America Won’t Walk on Obama
Black America is in crisis. In my neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, families live in small apartments next to empty boarded-up buildings. Cops arrest people at random to meet their quotas. …
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After the Debt-Ceiling Fiasco
Washington - Hours before the negotiations on the debt limit between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner collapsed, political reporters received a missive from Mitt Romney's presidential campaign …
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Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: David Hicks’ War Crimes Charge Was a “Favor” for Australia
David Hicks, author of “Guantanamo: My Journey.” (Image: Random House Australia) Last week, the Australian government announced that it would initiate legal proceedings to try and seize …