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The 2010 Forecast: More Delays for Gays
Imagine looking up at an airport monitor. Next to the list of flights scheduled for departure is “delayed,” "delayed," “delayed.” Got the image? …
Growing Calls to Investigate Assassinations of Anti-Mining Activists in El Salvador
This past weekend in El Salvador, leaders of the National Coalition Against Metallic Mining, the Ombudsman for Human Rights and members of the FMLN - the country's majority political …
The Need to Help Labor Radio Survive
In these terrible economic times, it is hard for most working families to keep the bills paid. We all are struggling to stay in our homes, keep our old …
Rush Limbaugh in Serious Condition at Honolulu Hospital
Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV. Paramedics responded to the call at 2:41 p.m. …
Montana’s “Clean-Coal” Governor’s Climate Change Blunder
It was a good year for opponents of coal, the most plentiful and dangerous of the world's fossil fuels. No new coal plants broke ground in the US, and …
AIG Executives Failed to Repay Majority of Bonuses
Despite previous promises, beleaguered insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has failed to return tens of millions of dollars in bonus payments the firm doled out to executives following …
Seven CIA Agents, Five Canadians Killed in Afghanistan
UPDATED 12/31/09 12:29 p.m. PDT: Seven CIA agents were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated a vest laced with explosives at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, US …
Pentagon’s Military “Mentoring” Program Closely Linked With Defense Contracting Firm
The military's senior mentor programs are part of a high-level review ordered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the subject of a report in USA TODAY. Earlier in …
Eugene Robinson | Cheney in Winter
Washington - It's pathetic to break a New Year's resolution before we even get to New Year's Day, but here I go. I had promised myself that I would …
The Racial Politics of Avatar
PART I: Avatar is being derided as another “white savior” film. It's deeper than that.