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The Tragic State of the Gulf of Mexico: Sampling Reveals Oil and Dispersants on Mississippi Coast
Lab tests contradict statements from BP that the Gulf of Mexico is safe from the effects of the BP oil disaster.
Dave Lindorff | Connecting the Crazy Dots: Assange, Recruiting Kids, the Tucson Massacre and General American Bloodthirstiness
There is, it cannot be denied, a tendency on the part of many Americans to grab for their guns, if not actually, then figuratively. And let’s face it, we …
Pension Envy
Since the 80s many employers have stopped offering health care, pensions and other benefits to their employees. Many are also cutting pay and hours, while increasing the workload. So …
Ruth Marcus | What Is Enough?
Washington - “High Capacity Magazines ... When ten rounds isn't enough,” the Internet site offers. When, exactly, would that be? Enough for what? Jared Lee Loughner arrived at a …
Watch Live: President Obama Speaks at the Memorial Service for Shooting Victims in Tuscon
JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV President Obama speaks at a memorial service for victims of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona, in which Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) and …
William Rivers Pitt | The Wrath of Fools: An Open Letter to the Far Right
To: Palin-lovers, Fox “News,” the “mainstream” media, and the Far Right, et al. From: William Rivers Pitt Date: Monday 10 January …
Nine Years Later: The Political Prisoners of Guantanamo
Political prisoners? Surely, that can't be right, can it? Surely, it's only dictatorships in far-flung corners of the world who hold political prisoners, and not the United States of …
The Tax Deal’s Biggest Losers: 40 Million Low-Wage Workers Who Will See Their Taxes Go Up This Year
On December 6, the President said “there is no reason that ordinary Americans should see their taxes go up next year.” Apparently, the Administration staff who negotiated the deal …
Report Shows Rollback on Rights in China
New York - A new report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) charges that China has largely failed to meet the commitments laid out in its first-ever National …