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Afghanistan: Our 177th Colony
During a televised football game on Sunday, an announcer welcomed the members of the U.S. military viewing the game in 177 nations around the world. When the news came …
“Commission” Is Washington Speak for Cutting Social Security and Medicare
The “experts” who could not see the $8 trillion housing bubble that wrecked the economy are now telling us that we have to create a special commission so that …
From Seattle to Detroit: Ten Lessons for Movement Building on the Tenth Anniversary of the WTO Shutdown
For five days in 1999, 80,000 people from Seattle and from all over the country stopped the World Trade Organization from meeting. Despite extreme police and state violence, students, …
US Vies for Turkey Missile-Defense Contract
Istanbul, Turkey - American, Russian and Chinese companies vying to sell Turkey high-altitude anti-missile air defense systems will have to submit their best offers by Tuesday if they want …
Jonathan Alter | Enter the Foxulists: The Faux Populism of Palin, Dobbs, and Beck
With unemployment surging and the public mood souring, populism is in the air.
Eugene Robinson | The Copenhagen Conundrum
Washington - Climate-change skeptics are barking up the wrong smokestack. The shell game being played isn't with the science, it's with the solutions — specifically, the carbon emissions targets …
No Bailouts for Youth: Broken Promises and Dashed Hopes
By almost any political, economic and ethical measure, Barack Obama's election victory in 2008 inherited a set of problems produced by one of the darkest periods in American history.[1] …
Treasury Still Vague on Penalties for Loan Modification Laggards
The administration’s big mortgage modification program features $50 billion worth of carrots – but the stick part has been largely absent. Today, the Treasury Department announced it is increasing …
Iran’s Ten New Nuclear Plants? Not Likely, Say Experts
Experts say Iran's plans to build 10 new nuclear plants is not within its capabilities for years, but Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said they would manufacture …
The First Gay Marriage in Latin America
Tomorrow, December 1, Álex Freyre, 39 years old, and José María di Bello, 41, have an appointment at the civil registry office in Buenos Aires. They are to become …