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The US Whitewashes Panama’s Fatal Flaws to Champion Their Free Trade Agreement
United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement
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Recession Has Lit the Fuse on Explosive Student Debt
(Photo: coldlasers.org) This week’s credit check: Average student debt can spiral up to $100,000 with interest and late payments. Room and board charges at colleges have doubled …
Capitalism’s New Era
(Photo: Kaba; Edited: JR / Truthout) “Karl Marx got it right, at some point capitalism can destroy itself,” said Mr. Roubini, in an interview with The Wall …
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Budget Talks Have Major Defense Contractors on Edge
Washington - When an expensive unmanned aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a U.S. defence contractor, disappeared during a U.S. military test flight off the Pacific coast earlier this …
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How Global Warming Is Making Hurricane Irene Worse
Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category Two storm, and is expected to track a path of destruction up the densely populated Atlantic …
The Kaiser Rerun Election Should Not Be Rushed. Why a “Cleansing Period” Is Needed
On July 14, 2011, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge Lana Parke set aside the historic October 2010 Kaiser Services and Tech employees' election. The contest between …
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Lines Blur Between Candidates and PACs With Unlimited Cash
(Image: JR / Truthout) One night last month, Mitt Romney strode into a dining room above Central Park that was packed with dozens of his wealthiest supporters, …
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$42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel the Rise of Islamophobia in America
Protesters opposing the Islamic center near ground zero rally in downtown New York, Aug. 22, 2010. (Photo: James Estrin / The New York Times) Following a six-month …
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Understand the Right’s Attack on Social Security
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) fields questions as part of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, June 23, 2011. In an address at the Reagan Library on August 23, …
US Debt Downgrade May Have Chinese Connection
Standard & Poor’s recent downgrading of the US credit rating is being billed in the media as a major blow to the economic credibility of the nation and to …