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Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Video) (2)
Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Part I) Rachel Maddow talks with Michael Bloom, Tulane University professor of coastal marsh ecology, as they look at …
BP, Feds Could Make Millions From Runaway Well’s Oil
Washington - BP's runaway deepwater well could still become a moneymaker for the company, even as it tries to stem the gush of crude oil that's fouling the Gulf …
Wealth Gap Yawns and So Do Media
Little interest in study of massive race/gender disparities. The Insight Center for Community Economic Development (3/8/10) released a stunning report about the wealth gap for women of color: Single …
David Sirota | From Shared Sacrifice to Hedonism
After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt delivered a national address making eight references to the “sacrifice” that would be needed in the impending war and three …
Passport Confiscation Still Hounds Migrant Workers
Manama, Bahrain - When Abdulkhaliq Mohammed arrived in Bahrain as a contract labourer 20 years ago, the first thing he did on setting foot in the oil-rich Gulf state …
Unemployment Falls to 9.7 Percent, but Private Sector Job Growth Slows
Excluding Census workers, job growth has just kept pace with the growth in the labor force over the last 3 months.
Endangered Species Act: Noah’s Ark or Titanic?
It's heart breaking and enraging to witness the toxic assault being visited upon the wildlife and the people of the Gulf. Heart-breaking because, as a SCUBA diver, I have …
Inside Hungary’s Anti-Semitic Right Wing
Jobbik supporters: young, web-savvy, history majors? Budapest, Hungary - From the looks of its leafy, downtown campus, Budapest's Karoli Gaspar University appears an unlikely venue to hatch a racist, …
Japan’s Next Leader?
Tokyo, Japan – Following Wednesday’s resignation by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama after only eight months in office, his successor – to be chosen Friday – looks set to be …
Alexander Cockburn | Pariah Nation
As the TV networks give unlimited airtime to its apologists, the message rolls out that Israel is permitted every illegal act in the lexicon of international law, from acts …