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Obama Administration Eases Cultural Travel Rules to Cuba
Washington — The Obama administration Friday said it will allow for more U.S. travel to Cuba, making it easier for schools, churches and cultural groups to visit the island. …
Tucson Shootings Reminder of Military’s Role in Trauma Care
Washington — Dr. Peter Rhee, a Navy veteran, spent his life searching for battlefields in a race for the latest developments in trauma care. Last Saturday, the battlefield came …
Clinton Raises Curtain for Upcoming Hu-Obama Summit
Washington - Ahead of a key bilateral summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao, which begins here Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a …
Meet Newly Elected RNC Chair Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus just became the 65th Chairman of the RNC by garnering 97 votes in the seventh round of voting. After the fourth vote, Michael Steele dropped out of …
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Evidence of an American Plutocracy: the Larry Summers Story
“So here is the evidence for an American plutocracy of a narrow and discrete but hardly harmless sort. Wall Street seduced the economics profession not through overt corruption, but …
Opponents to Fracking Disclosure Take Big Money From Industry
Congress isn’t going to regulate hydraulic fracturing any time soon. But the Department of Interior might. For starters, Interior is mulling whether it should require drilling companies to disclose …
Bradley Manning and GI Resistance to US War Crimes
Independent journalist Dahr Jamail spent nine months reporting directly from Iraq, where he followed the US invasion in 2003. His stories have been published by Inter Press Service, Truthout, …
Israel’s Deadly Tear Gas Made in USA
The Israeli peace movement is coming back to life, and it's a very courteous movement indeed. When activists find objects marked “Made in USA” lying on the ground, they …
The Fed Has Spoken: No Bailout for Main Street
The Federal Reserve was set up by bankers, for bankers, and it has served them well. Out of the blue, the Fed came up with $12.3 trillion in nearly …