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The Higher Education Fiscal Crisis Protects the Wealthy
Police are arresting and attacking student protesters on University of California (UC) campuses again. “Why did he beat me - I wasn’t doing anything,” screamed a young Cal Berkeley …
Democratic and Republican Lawmakers Speak Out Against Afghanistan Troop Surge
President Obama will announce his intention Tuesday evening to send a significant and expedited troop increase to Afghanistan. Liberal Democrats have shown strong and at times bipartisan opposition to …
Senior Administrtion Official: 30,000 Troops to Afghanistan by Next Summer
In a background briefing for reporters this afternoon, a senior adminstration official confirmed that President Obama will call for 30,000 additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan by next …
US Global AIDS Policy: Emergency Course Correction Required
December 1, 2009, marks President Obama’s first World AIDS Day in the White House and the first World AIDS Day for the newly elected Congress. The time is right …
Obama Will Try to Sell Afghanistan Troop Increase by Including Withdrawal Timetable
UPDATE 12:16 PDT: In a background briefing for reporters moments ago, a senior Obama administration official said the three-year timetable for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, as reported by CNN, …
Family Health Insurance to Rise Sharply Without COBRA Subsidy
Washington - A new study estimates that the end of a hefty government subsidy could force millions of laid-off workers to pay more than 80 percent of their monthly …
Iraq Sees Alarming Rise in Cancers, Deformed Babies
Baghdad - The guns are gradually falling silent in Iraq as a fragile stability takes hold, turning the spotlight on a stealthier killer likely to stalk Iraqis for years …
Recovery Without Employment
The developing world at this yearend 2009 is emerging from the most violent recession since the deflation of the 1930's, with growth of 0.9% in the United States and …
In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds
Elite papers marginalize public opposition.
The Hospital That Could Cure Health Care
Cleveland Clinic is both highly effective and fiercely efficient. So why are its methods so rare?