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Obama Overlooked Key Points in Giving OK to Offshore Drilling
Washington - Weeks before the world had ever heard of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, President Barack Obama stood in the Roosevelt Room of the White House poring over …
Sweatshops as Development Model in Haiti?
The U.S. and U.N. have based their plan for Haiti's redevelopment on the expansion of the assembly industry. Toward this end, the U.S. Congress passed legislation last month which …
Living in District 9
South Africa abolished apartheid and is hosting the World Cup. So where's the glow?
Arizona: Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History
Before the Dream students made their historic stance in Tucson, Arizona last week - to stage a sit-in in Sen. John McCain's office, and thereby subjecting themselves to deportation …
Glass Society: The Partitioning, Prisoning and Privatizing of Public Life (2)
Those were the good days when a man had friends in distant clans. Your generation does not know that. You stay at home, arid of your next-door neighbor. - …
The Supreme Court Says NO to the People – Again
At a dinner party, an ever-so-proper aristocrat who had been at the British evacuation of Dunkirk 60 years ago, remained tightlipped despite intense questioning from the other guests about …
Keith Olbermann | Who is Alvin Greene? South Carolina Democrats’ Senate Pick
Keith Olbermann interviews Alvin Greene, the person who was elected as the Democratic Nominee for Senate in South Caroline.
Keith Olbermann | Who Is Alvin Greene? (VIDEO)
Keith Olbermann interviews Alvin Greene, the person who was elected as the Democratic nominee for Senate in South Carolina.
Why the Arkansas Primary Challenge Was Worth It
It was a tough loss, 10,000 votes. Bill Halter might have even upset Blanche Lincoln in the primary run-off had his stronghold of Garland County not dropped the number …
Government Deploys Drones to Patrol US-Mexico Border
Unarmed Predator B drones, the same unmanned aircraft used by the CIA for targeted killings in the Middle East, began patrolling the US-Mexico border between Arizona and southwestern Texas …