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Radio Interview With Henry A. Giroux
Steve Lendman interviews Henry Giroux. Dr. Giroux holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His books include “The University in Chains,” "Against the …
Opium Production in Afghanistan: Strong and Corrupt as Ever
Efforts by the United Nations (UN), the US military and the Indian government to curb opium production in Afghanistan since 2007 have been largely ineffective, due in large part …
Why Is Jeff Sessions Blocking A Child Sex Trafficking Bill?
In the waning days of the lame duck session, the Senate had the opportunity to pass the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act.
Figuring Out What a Dollar Is Worth
There’s a lot to be said about the recent attack by conservatives on the Federal Reserve, though none of it is good. Representative Ron Paul of Texas will head …
A “Pledge of Resistance” to Defend Social Security (and Defund the Empire)
For the third time in the last 20 years, establishment voices with high-profile slots in traditional media are trying to convince the public to accept cuts to Social Security …
The Democratic Struggle for Power Has Become Theatrical
In A Nutshell The Performance of Politics offers a new explanation for Barack Obama’s victory in 2008. Rather than demographics, strategy, and money, the argument focuses on cultural meaning …
Health-Care Reform in Cross Hairs: Could It Survive Without Individual Mandate?
Washington - Supporters of President Obama’s health-care reform are holding their breath as legal challenges to the individual mandate – the requirement that by 2014 virtually every American purchase …
The “Undo Everything” Congress Begins With Health Care
Did you think that, having regained control of the House, the GOP will stop being the “party of No” and start governing, or at least doing something about the …
The Shameful Attack on Public Employees
In 1968, 1,300 sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them. That was where he lost his life. Eventually Memphis …
Health Care Spending Increase Is Smallest In 50 Years
Washington - U.S. health care spending in 2009 grew at the slowest rate in 50 years, as the recession and high unemployment caused outlays for nearly all medical goods …