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Since That Day
I moved into a new apartment last week, and I've since noticed that when there are low clouds in the sky, the airplanes out of Logan fly low over …
Why Millions March in France, but Not in the US
The basic issue is the same there and here. Capitalism generates another of its regular, periodic crises, only this one is really bad. It begins, as often happens, in …
Greg Grandin: Corporations, Cartels and History
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Backlash in the Age of Obama
Chapter One: The Cassandra of Lower Delaware At approximately 11 a.m. on June 30, 2009, inside a senior citizens’ center in the rustic rural county seat of Georgetown, Delaware, …
News in Brief: California Judge to End “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and More
A federal judge has ruled the military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional, and will issue an order to halt the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Want to Combat Climate Change? Ignore Congress
Congress comes back into session next week, but environmentalists and climate change activists have given up on the legislature. Instead, activists are planning to spur popular concern about these …
Rescue, Relief, Reconciliation: Chilean President Sebastián Piñera
On March 11, 2010, Sebastián Piñera was sworn in as the Republic of Chile’s 35th president in a ceremony at the National Congress in Valparaíso. The new president received …
Iraq: The Democrats’ War
The ongoing presence of over 50,000 US troops, many thousands of civilian employees and tens of thousands of US-backed mercenaries raises serious questions over the significance of the partial …
Rahm Emanuel: Expected Departure Could Lead to West Wing Shakeup
The expected departure of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in the next few months, possibly to run for mayor of Chicago, could open the way to a …