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David Sirota | Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?
Let's say you're a congressperson or tea party leader looking to champion deficit reduction — a cause 38 percent of Americans tell pollsters they support. And let's say you're …
Gates Invokes New Authority to Block Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has blocked the release of photographs depicting US soldiers abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, invoking new powers just granted to him by Congress …
Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan
Ventura, California - US Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having …
Financial Crisis Investigators Are Taking Wall Street Names
Washington - Leaders of a congressional commission investigating the causes of the recent financial crisis are threatening to publicly identify any company or government agency that stalls in voluntarily …
Israel’s “Pathology“
Nobody seems to know just what Barack Obama said to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the two met recently at the White House. In fact, when it comes …
Health Care, Not Assimilation
While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's indigenous peoples suffer from some of the worse conditions imaginable. Comprising only 1.6 percent of the general population, …
An Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs
Dear Senator, I know you're in a tough spot. It would be bad enough if you only had to get Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mary Landrieu, and Blanche …
Journalist Murders in Mexico Hit a New Record
Mexico City, Mexico - Like on any other Monday morning, reporter Bladimir Antuna kissed his family goodbye and set off in his Ford SUV to work the crime beat …
Afghanistan and the “Other” Vietnam War
When discussing the Vietnam War or comparing it to America's other conflicts, such as the current one in Afghanistan, the “other” Vietnam War is rarely mentioned. This is very …
Obama China Trip: Human Rights Activists Face Detention, Warnings
As President Obama meets Chinese leaders and conducts youth forums, activists call on the US to take a tougher line with China on human rights. Beijing - While …