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Washington - The democratic uprising in Egypt has brought into relief a gradual and little-noticed transformation in American politics. Over the last decade, ideological divisions over the role of …

Washington - Bargains with the devil never end well. For decades, successive U.S. administrations have embraced autocratic, repressive regimes in the Arab world — and now, as we see …

The weak establishment data is consistent with the high weekly unemployment claims. For the second consecutive month, the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage points, despite the weak job …

The world has rejoiced in the Burmese junta’s release from incarceration of 1990 national election winner, Aung San Suu Kyi. She still can’t run for office or speak freely. …

Long time in the making! Long time suffering poverty, inequality, official murder-torture-imprisonment, despotism, fundamentalism, and governments lackeyed to US/Western powers.

Bet you haven’t heard how Iraqi agriculture has been destroyed since the invasion—and how US agribusiness benefits. That’s a huge story, and one you won’t see in the corporate-owned …

Cairo - The Muslim Brotherhood, long relegated to the fringes of Egyptian politics, is playing a growing role in the popular revolt against President Hosni Mubarak but is still …

Across the Middle East dramatic events have been unfolding in rapid-fire succession, confounding U.S. policy makers.

Cairo - Defying a wider government crackdown, more than 100,000 Egyptians packed Cairo’s central Tahrir Square on Friday, chanting slogans, bowing in prayer and waving Egyptian flags to press …

Undertaking even a cursory review of the news queue evidences the apocalyptic overtones in our collective midst.