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Manuel Perez-Rocha | Misguided US Economic Policies Drive Many Mexicans to Come Here
President Barack Obama did the right thing by supporting comprehensive immigration reform that would place millions of undocumented workers on the path to citizenship. Obama even went a step …
Bankers’ Pay: What Economics Has to Say
The recent global debate over the pay of bankers has raised issues that are basic to economic theory, and to moral and political philosophy, simultaneously. One question concerns what …
Howard Zinn’s the Bomb
The late Howard Zinn's new book “The Bomb” is a brilliant little dissection of some of the central myths of our militarized society. Those who've read "A Terrible Mistake: …
Michael Winship | Don’t You Know There’s a War on?
A recent headline on the New York Daily News web site was blunt: “In case you've forgotten,” it read, “we're at war.” The story was about the deaths of …
COINTELPRO and the Omaha Two
In 2007, veteran journalist Michael Richardson began writing a series of articles for OpEdNews.com about Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, who are two Black Panther political prisoners known …
Kabul Conference: NATO Withdrawal From Afghanistan by 2014?
“The Afghan National Security Forces should lead and conduct military operations in all provinces by the end of 2014,” says a leaked draft of the communiqué that foreign ministers …
Eugene Robinson | Purge This Poison
Washington - That was quick. We now have proof the NAACP was right. When the nation's leading civil rights organization passed a resolution condemning displays of racism by tea …
National Resource Council Report Underscores the Urgency of Carbon Emissions Reductions
Washington, D.C. – As Congress wrangles over climate legislation in the nation’s capitol, a new report by the National Research Council suggests that decisions made now about cutting atmospheric …
BP’s Scheme to Swindle the “Small People“
Gulf Coast fishermen and others with lost income claims against BP are outraged by a recent announcement that the $20 billion government-administered claim fund will subtract money they earn …
Jim Boyce | Essentials of Smart Climate Policy
In one of the more memorable moments of the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama explained why he rejected John McCain's call to postpone their September debate in Oxford, …