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Making a Stand for Human Rights and Dignity in Gaza
Gaza is crumbling under the weight of an Israeli siege backed by the Obama administration. Roughly 80 per cent of Palestinians in Gaza now depend on aid. Vast amounts …
Kansas Trying to Shut Down Only Abortion Clinics
All of this time, we thought South Dakota would be the first state to unofficially go “abortion free,” by forcing women to meet with anti-choice CPCs before they could …
Martori Farms: Abusive Conditions at a Key Wal-Mart Supplier
(Photo: Walmart / Flickr) In 1954, an 18-year-old black woman named Eleanor Rush was incarcerated at the state women's prison. She was placed in solitary confinement for …
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Ten Little Republicans
Ten little Republicans, all in a line, discussing foreign policy one at a time. They lambaste Obama as socialist slime inadvertently refuting intelligent design. …
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Greens Force German Nuclear Phase Out
(Photo: J Brew / Flickr) Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted quickly to nationwide antinuclear protests reignited by the still out-of-control radiation disaster at Fukushima, Japan. The chancellor …
Long-Term CBO Projections Show the Problem Is Health Care
"The new long-term budget projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show once again that the major problem facing the both the budget and the larger economy is out-of-control …
What About Capital Controls on Outflows?
In the wake of the financial crisis, Western economists and policy-makers are to be applauded for recognizing that financial globalization has its limits and that capital controls may be …
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State Department Travel Warning: If You Try to Sail to Gaza, Israel May Kill You
The State Department today released an updated travel warning for Israel and the Occupied Territories. The update signified that it was issued "to warn against participation in any attempt …
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Seized Phone Offers Clues to Bin Laden’s Pakistani Links
Islamabad, Pakistan - The cellphone of Osama bin Laden’s trusted courier, which was recovered in the raid that killed both men in Pakistan last month, contained contacts to a …
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Is the Fix In?
In the simplest terms, it's been set up as a battle of moralities: the poor immigrant black African housekeeper versus the rich, white Dominique Strauss-Kahn, with the principals and …