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US Firms Want Part in Haiti Cleanup
As Haiti begins digging out from under 60 million cubic meters of earthquake wreckage, U.S. firms have begun jockeying for a bonanza of cleanup work. It's unclear at this …
Alabama Senator Shelby Backs Down From Blocking Obama’s Nominees
An Alabama Senator with long-standing ties to the US military-industrial complex and an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama is backing down from a direct confrontation with the White …
On Vietnam, Afghanistan and Bloody Irreversibility
Reading old articles about the Vietnam War is sobering precisely because they read like articles written yesterday. Consider just one example. On May 30, 1967, Look magazine published a …
GRITtv: Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan (Video)
“The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan.” So began a Feb 4th piece …
Haiti Beyond the Cleanup
Haiti experts are warning that unless the international community comes up with new, more imaginative and more inclusive approaches to reconstruction and development in the earthquake-ravaged nation, the Western …
Obama Administration Demands Anthem Blue Cross Justify Massive Rate Hike
UPDATE: Congress launched an investigation into the planned rate hike. Please see this report for details. Editor's note: This report has been updated and includes detailed responses from …
Rep. John Murtha Dies at 77
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania), a fierce critic of the Iraq war, died Monday at age 77 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia. Murtha was the first Vietnam War …
Is Pot Legalization Push in California a Trend That Will Spread?
San Francisco - It's almost a cliché these days that this city and its sister to the east, Oakland, stand as the primary incubators of some of California's infamously …
Shunning Howard Zinn’s History
In this guest essay from www.killinghope.org, historian William Blum addresses this media asymmetry and the late Howard Zinn's heroic effort to address the imbalance: Progressive activists and writers continually …
Obama to Hold Bipartisan Summit in Hopes of Reviving Health Care Bill
In an interview during the Super Bowl pre-game show yesterday, President Obama announced his plan for a bipartisan health care summit that would be broadcast on TV later this …