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Hondurans Elect Pepe Lobo as President
A cattle rancher and former congressman appeared headed for an easy victory Sunday in presidential elections that Hondurans hope would end the worst political crisis here in decades. Early …
An Open Letter to President Obama From Michael Moore
Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, …
Norman Solomon | The Hollow Politics of Escalation
An underlying conceit of the new spin about benchmarks and timetables for Afghanistan is the notion that pivotal events there can be choreographed from Washington. So, a day ahead …
Housing Meltdown, Ground Zero: The American Home-Owning Dream on Life Support
I. Rescuing the Dream At the end of a week in mid-October when the Dow Jones soared past 10,000, Goldman Sachs recorded “just another fantastic quarter” with a …
Iran Defies Censure, Plans Ten Uranium Sites
Parisa Hafezi and Reza Derakhshi, Reuters report:
Honduras Tense as Voters Head to Polls
Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Mexico City - Uncertainty has defined the mood in Honduras since its president Manuel Zelaya was arrested and deposed on June 28 – with the condemnation …
Is Your Seafood Harvested by Slaves?
Samut Sakhon, Thailand - Soon after Winko joined his fellow captives on a Thai fishing vessel, he witnessed his first killing. The murdered man was, like Winko, a newly …
Shattering Canada’s Collective Myths
Toronto, Canada - There are moments in a country’s history when collective myths become so divorced from reality that almost everyone can hear them burst with a pop. It …
Release of Secret Reports Delayed
Spy agencies foil Obama plan for transparency. Washington - President Obama will maintain a lid of secrecy on millions of pages of military and intelligence documents that were scheduled …
Fighting Extremism With Civility
Washington - The most surprising and disappointing aspect of our politics is how little pushback there has been against the vile, extremist rhetoric that has characterized such a large …