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China Cracks Down on Protest Threats, Rounds Up Dissidents
Beijing - Chinese officials on Sunday cracked down against protests, or rumors of them, sending police to detain dissidents and breakup public gatherings in the capital and Shanghai. After …
Egypt Takes a Step Back From IMF Ways
Cairo - Egypt could soon be looking for a new economic model – one that will be different from the traditional system that has been promoted for years by …
Back to the Future With Comcast
After hammering out the details in daily meetings with Comcast over a three-month period in late 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) approved …
Fairer Tax Reporting, Finally
Income from wages has been reported to the Internal Revenue Service ever since World War II. Starting in 2011, income from stock market capital gains will effectively begin to …
Cycle of Suppression Rises in Libya and Elsewhere
Beirut, Lebanon - Libyan security forces moved against protesters Saturday in Benghazi, the country’s second-largest city and the epicenter of the most serious challenge to four decades of Col. …
We’re All Mad Here
As Alice (in Wonderland) stumbles upon the Matter Hatter's tea party, the Cheshire Cat greets her with, “Come on in, we're all mad here.” The Cheshire Cat should be …
Greenspan’s Incompetence Badgers Wisconsin’s Workers
Alan Greenspan has been strangely missing from the fierce battle over the future of public sector unions in Wisconsin and other states. His absence is strange because he bears …
Greenspan’s Incompetence Badgers Wisconsin’s Workers
Alan Greenspan has been strangely missing from the fierce battle over the future of public sector unions in Wisconsin and other states. His absence is strange because he bears …
Scott Walker Runs on Koch Money
Madison, Wisconsin - A new investigation by the Center for Media and Democracy documents the big money funneled by one of the richest men in America and one of …