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An Open Letter to the Left Establishment
Editor's Note: We have received this text from its original authors; many of us have signed on as individuals; we share it now with you, our readers. www.ProtestObama.org A …
Cops Guilty in Post-Katrina Shooting. Can Verdict Help New Orleans Heal?
The conviction of three New Orleans police officers Thursday, for the shooting and subsequent coverup of the death of Henry Glover in the chaotic days after hurricane Katrina in …
Back to Basics
In the first few shaky, panicky days after the attacks of September 11, I found myself driving through downtown Keene, New Hampshire. There on the green of a large …
Halliburton May Pay 500 Million To Nigerian Government To Settle Case And Keep Cheney Out Of Jail
As ThinkProgress previously reported, earlier this month, the Nigerian government moved to “charge former Vice President Dick Cheney in a massive bribery case involving $180 million in kickbacks paid …
International Human Rights Day: Celebrating Defenders of Women’s Rights
This year, International Human Rights Day (10 December) has as its theme: “human rights defenders who act to end discrimination.” As the UN Human Rights Office explains: Human …
The Afghan War: Spreading Democracy (and Heroin)
Leaked documents reveal US and Afghan government collusion with major traffickers. Documents made public by WikiLeaks' latest file drop show that Afghan President Hamid Karzai pulled strings several times …
South Korean Military Renews Threat to Retaliate Against North
Seoul - South Korea’s senior military officer threatened Thursday to “crush” North Korea should it launch another attack like its shelling last month of a South Korean island. “Fellow …
“All-Out Cyber War” Over WikiLeaks
“We will fire at anyone or anything that tries to censor WikiLeaks, including multi-billion dollar companies such as PayPal. ... The major shitstorm has begun.” That's the message currently …
News in Brief: Senate Unveils Tax Bill
The ten-year price of the Senate’s broad bill to extend Bush-era tax cuts is expected to be $858 billion, the first step in two years toward dealing with the …
At Cancun, Incentives Point Toward Incremental Progress on Climate Change
This year's round of the United Nations-led climate change negotiations, ongoing in Cancun, Mexico, for the past two weeks, end today. No matter what the official outcome, the progress …