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Remittances Also Benefit the United States
Tucson, Arizona - The billions of dollars in remittances sent abroad annually from the United States not only benefit the economy of the receiving countries, but also the economic …
Health Means Life; Health Means Freedom
Life and freedom are moral issues. It is time for Democrats to talk about health in those terms, beyond just policy terms such as health insurance reform, bending the …
Ellen Brown | More Candidates Favoring State-Owned Banks
While bank bailouts fatten Wall Street, states continue to battle the credit crisis. In the search for innovative solutions, some political candidates are proposing that states generate their own …
On Health Care, Just Do It
Washington - Better late than never. Now that President Obama has finally put a health care proposal on the table, the Democratic leadership in Congress has only one rational …
The President
The President’s Proposal puts American families and small business owners in control of their own health care.
Bomb Plot Suspect Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Najibullah Zazi, a suspected terrorist, pled guilty today in federal court to conspiring to use explosive materials.
Francis Njubi Nesbitt | Piracy Redux
Over a year after the scourge of piracy escalated in the Gulf of Aden, the world is still mired in misguided and misdirected militarist policies. Meanwhile, millions of Somalis …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Elephant at the Health Care Summit
Washington - This week will determine the shape of American politics for the next three years.
New York Times’ “Mystery” Op-Ed Calls for More Afghan Civilian Deaths
On Thursday, The New York Times made an astonishing editorial choice, for which its editors owe the public an explanation: it published an op-ed by an obscure and poorly …
Visiting a Modern-Day Slave Plantation
An Interview With Nancy A. Heitzeg. Nancy A. Heitzeg Ph.D. is a professor of sociology and program co-director, critical studies of race and ethnicity at St. Catherine University in …