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Joe Brewer | The Death of Self-Interest Fundamentalism
Self-interest fundamentalism was the economic religion of the 20th Century. We are now in the midst of an economic reformation on par with the Enlightenment as we enter the …
The Real War Reporters
A good friend noted recently how little we hear of Iraq and Afghanistan in the news anymore, and further noted the deafening silence regarding those ongoing wars from what …
Sen. Al Franken: Wall Street Fueled By Unbridled Greed and Love of Risking Other People’s Money (Video)
Truthout | News in Brief (15)
The Washington Post reports that most big Wall Street firms sold investments that contributed to the financial crisis, and most suffered in the markets, with some forced out of …
Down Prison Road
Chowchilla, California - High in the mountains overlooking Bakersfield and the south end of the San Joaquin Valley is a piece of California's past, the California Correctional Institution, or …
Does Anyone Know That a Palestinian Created a Museum of the Holocaust?
In “The Arabs and the Holocaust,” Gilbert Achcar, a Lebanese scholar, rigorously analyzes the history of the Arab world's perception of persecutions of the Jews, from Nazism to today.
Froma Harrop | Arizona May Prod Feds to Finally Act
President Obama is right that Arizona's tough immigration law is “misguided.” And Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is right that her state has been "more than patient waiting for Washington …
Why We Object to Franklin Graham’s Islamophobia
Let's just face it: Franklin Graham is an Islamophobe, an anti-Muslim bigot and an international representative of the scourge of fundamentalist Christian supremacy and exceptionalism. As a result, he …
Sudan’s Al-Bashir Wins in Result Set to Split Country
Nairobi, Kenya - The election victory of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir, wanted for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur, paves the way for Africa’s largest country to split in …
Four Brothers Find Success Amid the Rubble of War (2)
With the never-ending stream of news about Israeli incursions, crushing poverty, skyrocketing unemployment and scarce health care, success stories coming out of Gaza may seem an oxymoron. But they …