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Disaster Tourism: Honest Altruism or Insensitive Voyeurism?
A man walks through what remains of a police station destroyed in fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces, in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / …
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Questioning Obama’s Americanism
Some Americans, especially on the Left, seem to have almost forgotten that Barack Obama is an African-American whose rise to the presidency was one of the most unlikely political …
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Student Occupations at Five Campuses (Video)
Students at Tulane University sit in. (Screengrab: stopsweatshops) When it comes to budget cuts and policies that hurt students and campus workers, student activists are refusing to …
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Syrian Forces Seize Mosque That Was Uprising’s Symbol
Al-Omari Mosque, central Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo: delayed gratification) Beirut, Lebanon - Backed by tanks, helicopters and snipers, the Syrian military seized a landmark mosque that had become …
Women in Tyvek: Hope in Nontraditional Green Jobs
Caulking windows as part of the overall weatherization. (Photo: 350.org) Every morning the trucks roll out of the garage at Community Environmental Center (CEC), and every morning …
Was Qaddafi the Real Target of the Strike That Killed His Son?
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during his address before the General Assembly of the United Nations, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) …
Will Public Workers and Immigrants March Together on May Day? (2)
(Photo: Working In These Times) One sign carried in almost every May Day march of the last few years says it all: “We are Workers, not Criminals!” …
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The Republican Plan With Lipstick
(Photo: Paula Bailey / Flickr) Republicans figure that if they can’t sell the pig, they’ll just put lipstick on it and find some suckers who will think …
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New Dangers Arise at Chernobyl
Chernobyl - In the aftermath of the anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in history, Ukrainian authorities have pledged not to abandon those still in need of assistance. But …
Itamar Murders: How the Israeli Narrative of Victimization Is Fed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Jafi Israel / Flickr) How painful it must have been for Motti Fogel to get up and speak at his brother …