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The 2012 Budget and Our Unsecured Border
President Obama is taking heat from all sides this week for his 2012 budget proposal, which proposes increased funding for immigration enforcement and border militarization. While immigrant rights advocates …
News in Brief: Twenty-Two New Charges Filed Against Bradley Manning, and More
New Charges Filed Against Manning
Ireland’s Road To Ruin … and Ours
The “Celtic Tiger” — the Irish economy — has clawed its way back from near extinction, according to the Heritage Foundation. The irony is that the things that Heritage …
Confronting the Front Groups Backing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
A Special Report from the Center for Media Democracy, part one of a new series.
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Three Dead Bodies
On January 11, 2011, Kuwaiti citizen Mohammad Ghazzai al-Mutairi was reportedly beaten and tortured to death by members of the Kuwaiti police force (part of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior). …
Arm Sales, Especially by Russia and China, Continue to Penetrate Latin America
Russian military sales have become so frequent in recent years that they no longer make for major headlines. However, as Washington policymakers continue to voice concern about Iran’s growing …
Climate Change and the Water Crisis in the US Southwest
Where and how will climate change first affect large numbers of American voters? Answering that question may be crucial to the global efforts to protect the earth’s climate. The …
America’s Radical “Conservatism“
Editor’s Note: Since Ronald Reagan stepped onto the national political stage in the 1970s, American “conservatism” has operated in an increasingly radical, anti-empirical and paranoid style, putting the social …
Decisions, Decisions (2)
Pictured are Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, and Clarence's wife Ginni Thomas, who recieved $600,000 in salary from the Conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation. Should …
The Collapse of the Old Oil Order: How the Petroleum Age Will End
Whatever the outcome, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be transformed.