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Protesters Occupy Goldman Sachs
It is not warm on West Street at 8:30 AM on December 12, and the wind coming simultaneously off the Hudson River to the west and New York harbor …
The Liberties We’ve Lost in the “War on Terror” Are Only Lost Temporarily, Right?
"Virtually all of our most fundamental rights and liberties have been affected for the worse, with little or no awareness among the populace at large. The ignorance is no …
War Forever Changed Lives of Six Iraqis We Knew Well
Cairo - On June 28, 2004, the day the U.S.-led occupation authority in Iraq officially was dissolved, our Baghdad news bureau held a staff dinner to mark the beginning …
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
Wall Street, New York. (Photo: SheepGuardingLlama) On November 27, Bloomberg News reported the results of its successful case to force the Federal Reserve to reveal the lending …
US-China Trade Policy and the Class War in the US
The Commerce Department's release of trade figures last week showed another large deficit with China for October, albeit slightly lower than the record hit the previous month. This figure …
Out of the Backyard: New Latin American and Caribbean Bloc Defies Washington
CELAC heads of state pose in front of Simón Bolívar statue at Caracas summit, December 2, 2011. (Photo: Eduardo Santillán Trujillo/Presidencia de la República) Rain clouds ringed …
Ukraine on the Edge
Outside the Pecherskiy district court, police keep supporters of Ukrainian ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko at bay, in Kiev, Ukraine, Oct. 11, 2011. (Photo: James Hill / The New York …
Feinstein: Senate Panel’s Probe of CIA Torture Program Concludes It Was “Far More Widespread and Systematic Than We Thought“
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) is questioned by reporters on her way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, on December 13, 2010. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The …
Gregory Jaczko Has a Cold
In April 1966, Esquire Magazine published a story by Gay Talese that is still considered one of the greatest magazine articles of all time; the article, the cover story, …
Obama Nurtures His Base With Green Buildings Initiative
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton listen as Gary Le Francois, senior vice president and director of engineering, leads them on a tour of the Transwestern Building …