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The Lies That Sold Obama’s Escalation in Afghanistan
Soldiers of 1st Squadron 61st Cavalry 101st Airborne Division listen to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates while he visits Field Operating Base in Connolly, Afghanistan, December 7, 2010. (Photo: …
Leon the Knife or Leon the Ladle: On “Reform,” Will Secretary Leon Panetta Go the Way of Past DoD Secretaries?
Incoming secretary of defense Leon Panetta. (Image: JR / Truthout) Leon Panetta, fresh from his stint as the head of the CIA, became the new secretary of …
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For a Struggling Economy, Fatalism May Be Deadly
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Our current economic discourse in the United States is pervaded by fatalism. Leave aside the people who insist …
Subsidizing Profits, Weakening Social Security: The Employer Payroll Tax Cut
Unemployed workers use the Anoka County Job Training Center's computer work stations for their job search in Blaine, Minn., May 3, 2011. (Photo: Craig Lassig / The New York …
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Kansas to Pursue Abortion-Blocking Legislation Despite Court Injunction
Gov. Sam Brownback's (R) administration plans to enact new permanent regulations for abortion licensing that may be identical to the temporary rules being challenged in court. (Photo: TalkMediaNews) …
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On US-Mexico Border, Migrants Disappear – and Ransom Money, Too
In August 2007, two Mexicans tried to get their brother into the United States illegally, by hiring a people trafficker or “coyote” for a fee of 2,500 dollars for …
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35 Killed and Others Injured in Two Attacks North of Baghdad
Thirty-five people were killed and 28 others were wounded Tuesday in a twin explosion in Taji, a town 20 kilometers to the north of the Iraqi capital. …
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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Jobs: Black Unemployment
Johnny R. Williams, pictured in New York on Nov. 24, 2009, has scrubbed his resume of any details that might tip-off his skin color. "If they’re going to X …
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Pakistan’s Spies Tied to Slaying of a Journalist
Islamabad, Pakistan - Obama administration officials believe that Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ordered the killing of a Pakistani journalist who had written scathing reports about the infiltration of militants …
Class War in Greece and the World
Once again, democracy has been crushed in the very land where it was born. Despite unprecedented opposition by the vast majority (70-80 percent) of the population, the …