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With Obama’s Tucson Speech, His Presidency Turns a Corner
Washington - There are moments that define a presidency, and Barack Obama's speech Wednesday night to a memorial service for Arizona shooting victims may be one. First in a …
Mexico Drug War Death Toll Up 60 Percent in 2010. Why?
Mexico City - Four years after taking on Mexico’s drug traffickers by deploying some 50,000 military and federal forces, President Felipe Calderón is touting successes, including taking down top …
The Sticky Truth About Oil Spills and Tar Sands
The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week. The report laid out the blame for the spill, tagging each of the …
US to End Its Search for the “God Particle“
For nearly three decades, the United States has hosted the world's most powerful particle collider – a critical tool scientists use to probe the nature of matter and the …
Poll: Obama Rebounding, Would Beat GOP Rivals, Crush Palin
Washington - President Barack Obama has bounced back from his low point after November's elections and enjoys stronger support heading into the 2012 election cycle, particularly against Sarah Palin, …
Corruption and Class Struggle: What It’s Really Like to Live in Arizona
With the passage of the notorious anti-immigrant bill SB 1070 last spring, the outlawing of ethnic studies as of January 1st, the gutting of the school and university systems, …
In South Sudan, Women Dream of Independence
Kampala - John Garang, the revered late leader of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement, once said that women are the "the poorest of the poor and the marginalised of …
West Doesn’t Know What to Do With the New, More Reasonable Ahmadinejad
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that a new WikiLeaks cable reveals Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was eager to reach agreement on a UN-sponsored nuclear fuel swap proposal put forward …
Christina Green
The Tucson Massacre and Our Future
There are two groups responsible for the January 8 tragedy in Tucson, Arizona. One group is made up of right-wing Republicans, Tea Party fanatics and extremist conservative talk show …