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Advocacy Groups Ratchet Up Worldwide in Lead-Up to Climate Change Conference
Only one exercise in Washington surpasses the fun of speculating on what may happen next week in Copenhagen: the rush to get in a final word before the climate …
Bernie Sanders Will Try to Block Ben Bernanke’s Confirmation
Senator Bernie Sanders said today that he will try to block Ben Bernanke's confirmation for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve. The Vermont Independent blames Bernanke …
Judd Gregg
This could actually be damaging for the GOP. Never before has the reality of their historic obstructionism been so obvious. Judd Gregg has now created an obstruction manual that …
Khmer Rouge Torture Chief Trial Closes
Cambodia this week saw closing arguments in the trial against Kaing Guek Eav, alias Comrade Duch, the 67-year-old former commandant of the infamous Khmer Rouge torture prison known as …
Robert Reich | Worrisome Thoughts on the Way to the Jobs Summit
Most ideas for creating more jobs assume jobs will return when the economy recovers. So the immediate goal is to accelerate the process. A second stimulus would be helpful, …
2,600 Bodies Found in Kashmir Graves: Report
Srinagar, India - Nearly 2,600 bodies have been discovered in single unmarked and mass graves throughout mountainous Indian Kashmir, human rights activists said Wednesday, alleging some of the dead …
New York State Lawmakers Vote Against Gay Marriage
Edith Honan, Reuters reports:
Robert Borosage | Imperial Blues
..."[O]ur troop commitment in Afghanistan cannot be open-ended — because the nation that I am most interested in building is our own." —President Obama But Afghanistan comes …
Obama’s Afghan ‘Strategy’
Shortly after President Obama's Afghanistan War escalation speech, I was contacted by the Voice of America's Russian Language Service. They wanted to interview me. These are the questions they …
Broad Provision in Immigration Law Results in Refugees, Asylum Seekers Being Labeled Terrorists
Thousands of legitimate refugees and asylum seekers — who pose no danger to the United States and who have committed no acts of wrongdoing — are being labeled “terrorists” …