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The Demon Highways of Tamaulipas, Mexico
In widely separated parts of Mexico, many people ask the same troubling question: Are our loved ones among the 145 dead found in the mass graves near San Fernando, …
The CIA’s Man in Libya?
As the United States and its allies get deeper into the confrontation with Qaddafi in Libya, it's worth stepping back to consider what is actually taking place—and why. …
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Soccer, Cabs and Revolution: The Egyptian Youth Movement Comes to NYC
To hear Ahmed Maher tell it, the Egyptian revolution was as much about sports as anything else. Maher, 30, is one of the founders of the April …
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Statement by President Barack Obama on Release of His Birth Certificate
After releasing his certificate of live birth, which is signed by Hawaii state officials and his mother, President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the White House in …
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Talking Revolution: The New Elderly Generation can Provide the Spark for an American Rising
I am 62 and have just reached the age where I could apply for Social Security retirement benefits. Of course, I'd be crazy to do that and collect some …
Haiti’s Displaced: Greedy Landlords and an Absentee Government
A camp resident at a displacement camp in Port-au-Prince. (Photo: Vince Warren and Laura Raymond) Recently, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) delegation in Haiti visited the …
Cheney Was Right About One Thing: Deficits Don’t Matter
Former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) “Deficit terrorists” are gutting governments and forcing the privatization …
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House GOP Members Face Voter Anger Over Budget
Fort Lauderdale, Florida - In central Florida, a Congressional town meeting erupted into near chaos on Tuesday as attendees accused a Republican lawmaker of trying to dismantle Medicare while …
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Homeward: Notes on the Wisconsin to Come
And then, despair. Despair which is, I suppose, the best word I can summon with which to describe that suffocating sensation of a certain familiar combination of anger, frustration, …
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Bond Market Blackmail
A pair of statues by artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir was given to Reykjavík, Iceland, from the bank SPRON in 2004. (Photo: Gunnlaugur Þ. Briem) Now, there is a …