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New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania
On Friday, the Polish Border Guard Office released a number of documents to the Warsaw-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, which, for the first time, provide details of the …
Ties to Labor Unions Can Be Dangerous at One Alabama University
The business dean at an Alabama university tried to force a department chairman to help unlawfully terminate a faculty member who has ties to labor unions and liberal politics, …
Bringing a “Whole New Mind” to the BP Oil Catastrophe
I picked up and couldn't stop reading, author Daniel Pink's “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainer's Will Rule the Future,” because I reside with three of his so-called "R(ight …
The Plight of Three Journalists Imprisoned in Iran Reveals the Risks That Come With Real Reporting
Journalist Shane Bauer made his friend Shon Meckfessel promise he wouldn’t let him work during their vacation in the Kurdistan mountains in northern Iraq last summer. Bauer, 27, and …
Zach Carter | Conservative Deficit Hawks Demand Tax Cut Extensions
The same conservatives who spent the past year senselessly screaming about the U.S. budget deficit are now demanding an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich. The …
As Pakistani Government Falters After Flooding, Islamists Fill Void
Nowshera, Pakistan — Amid wide complaints about an inadequate government response, private charities, including some linked to Islamic extremists, are stepping in to help victims of the worst flooding …
The G-20 Yields Only Unfulfilled Promises for Latin America
Last June, the heads of government of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G-20) met in Toronto, for the fourth G-20 summit to discuss global …
UN Names Panel to Probe Israeli Killings on Gaza-Bound Ship
United Nations - Despite initial misgivings, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received the tacit approval of the Israeli government to establish an international panel to probe the widely-condemned killings of …
Will Californians Finally Reform Property Tax Loopholes for Corporations?
On June 6, 1978, Proposition 13 passed in California with 65 percent of the vote. Proposition 13, the brainchild of the late anti-tax Republican Howard Jarvis, radically slashed property …
Iraq Part Two: Operation New Dawn
“As promised and on schedule,” President Obama said US troops will end their combat mission in Iraq at the end of this month. Speaking before a group of Disabled …