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Obama Denounces Mugabe’s Rule, Honors Zimbabwean Women Activists
Boston - President Barack Obama denounced President Robert Mugabe as a “dictator” and said the 85-year-old leader is on the wrong side of history. The U.S. president made the …
From Radical Republicans to Rich Republicans?
Many would not know it today, but at one time in our nation's existence the Republican Party was on the right side of history. After the Civil War, the …
Forget 2012: I Don’t Believe in the End of the World
As the days pass, so grows the fear of the arrival of December 21, 2012, the end date of the Mayan calendar, and the day on which many people …
Time to Quell Excessive Power of Credit Bureaus, Sometimes Ruling Life or Death
During the past several decades in the US, three credit bureaus have become so powerful, they can make or break American lives. They are Equifax, Experian and Trans …
Activists Target “World of Coca-Cola“
Atlanta, Georgia - Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, accusing the company of “union busting”, …
Give Thanks to Kathleen Sebelius for Saving 47,000 Women
Cost-benefit analysis can kill. The failure to distinguish statistics from arithmetic can kill. In the current debate over mammograms, the number of women projected to be at risk of …
Obama’s Plans to Increase Afghanistan Troop Levels Would Leave US With No Reserve
President Barack Obama intends to announce next week that he will deploy tens of thousands of additional US troops to Afghanistan, according to numerous published reports citing unnamed administration …
Rebecca Solnit | Learning How to Count to 350
Next month, at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the wealthy nations that produce most of the excess carbon in our atmosphere will almost certainly fail to embrace measures …
Census Worker in Kentucky Killed Self, Officials Conclude
A U.S. Census worker found dead in a secluded Clay County cemetery killed himself but tried to make the death look like a homicide, authorities have concluded. …
Census Worker in Kentucky Killed Self, Officials Conclude (2)
A U.S. Census worker found dead in a secluded Clay County cemetery killed himself but tried to make the death look like a homicide, authorities have concluded. …