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Obama Aid Package to Help With Home Foreclosures
San Francisco - The five states where the housing crisis has taken the biggest toll will receive part of a $1.5 billion federal aid package intended to slow the …
Obama’s Pentagon Rebrands Iraq War, Rolls Out PR Offensive in Afghanistan
The new PR campaign has all the qualities of a George Orwell novel. Perhaps ‘Operation Imperial Sunset’ is a more appropriate name.
Lost Causes Are the Only Causes Worth Fighting For
In the movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” at the end of a filibuster, idealistic freshman US Sen. Jeff Smith (played by Jimmy Stewart) reminds us that the struggle …
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | What Are We Bid for American Justice?
That famous definition of a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing has come to define this present moment of American politics. …
ACLU Sues USAID: Are We Exporting US Taxpayer-Funded Religion?
The ACLU has waited long enough.
DOJ, FBI Close Investigation into 2001 Anthrax Attacks
The Department of Justice, the FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service on Friday announced they have formally concluded a nine-year investigation into the Anthrax attacks that occurred shortly …
Anthem Blue Cross’ Statement Justifying Rate Hike Contradicted by Internal Documents
Anthem Blue Cross’ parent company, WellPoint Inc., has been called out by Congressman Henry Waxman over discrepancies between the company's public statement explaining why it was hiking rates on …
Olympics Recall Historic Collisions
A couple of nights ago, I watched the expensive and extravagant opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver, Canada. Despite the opulence of today's Olympics, I still …
Mark Weisbrot | How Wars Are Made
What's behind Clinton's tough talk on Iran? In a visit to Qatar and Saudi Arabia this week, Hillary Clinton said that Iran “is moving toward a military dictatorship” and …
Sen. Frank Lautenberg Has Stomach Cancer
A spokesman for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) reports that the senator has been diagnosed with stomach cancer: After several days of hospitalization and testing, Senator Lautenberg's doctors have …