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Petraeus’s CIA Fuels Iran Murder Plot
Former Gen. Petraeus has long been eager to please the neoconservatives in Washington and their friends in Israel by creating “intelligence” to portray Iran and other target countries in …
Professor Randall Kennedy and the Dangerous Politics of Sentiment
Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy recently penned an op-ed entitled “Why Obama's Black Critics are Wrong.” He contends that President Obama's African-American critics have focused on his "racial …
FBI Account of “Terror Plot” Suggests Sting Operation
While the administration of Barack Obama vows to hold the Iranian government “accountable” for the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, the legal document describing evidence …
For Bachmann’s Law School, God and Justice Were Intertwined
Tulsa, Oklahoma - Michele Bachmann was 22 and newly married when, in the fall of 1979, she and 53 other aspiring lawyers arrived on the manicured campus of Oral …
Republicans Block Senate from Even Talking About Jobs
Yesterday, an unanimous Senate Republican caucus didn't just lead a filibuster to kill the American Jobs Act. The Republicans stopped the Senate from even beginning to have a discussion …
From the Plant to the Plaza: Hershey Students Visit Occupy Wall Street
At a reception co-hosted by SEIU, Jobs With Justice and the National Guestworker Alliance, international students working in a Hershey packing plant in Pennsylvania shared stories of their struggle …
Koch Brothers, ALEC and Coca-Cola: A “Classic” Collaboration
What is Coca-Cola doing behind closed doors with Koch Industries and other multinational corporations in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? Coca-Cola Refreshments' Director of Public Affairs and Communications, …
Occupy Wall Street: The T-Shirt
"It's time, the anger is boiling over and we're sick of being taken advantage of and taken for granted! Occupy Wall Street! It is time to stop the greed …
The Dragon’s Shadow: China’s Banking System
On October 10, the Chinese government announced that it will increase its stakes in the four largest commercial banks, which are already largely public-owned. The move is designed to …
A Farewell to Nuclear Arms
President Ronald Reagan stands with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev during arrival ceremonies December 8, 1987 on the South lawn of the White House. (Photo: Jose R. Lopez/The New …