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Miners listen as Rocky Moore, a mine safety inspector, not pictured, talks with them about mine safety precautions at Teco Energy's E3-1 coal mine in Hazard, Kentucky. (Photo: Joshua …
US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog
Soldiers of the Pakistani Army on patrol in South Waziristan, Pakistan. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) During the worst days of the cold war, …
GOP-Style Democrats Moving to Sell Out Poor, Liberals: Lessons From the DC Budget Fight
A homeless man in Washington, DC. (Photo: Daquella manera) It's been less than two weeks since a guerilla campaign by local activists managed to restore about 20 …
Suppressing the Vote in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Sen. Fred Risser. (Photo: Dave Hoefler) Fred Risser is a veteran Wisconsin state senator. Actually, he is the longest-serving state legislator in American political history. Bald …
How New Is Egypt’s “New” Foreign Policy?
A couple looks out at Cairo from al-Azhar park, February 15, 2011. (Photo: Scott Nelson / The New York Times) Cairo - In the months since Egyptian …
Families Still Stream to Food Banks, and Budget Cuts Could Kill that Lifeline
Over the past month, it seems that the news of a natural disaster striking a different area of the country has been a nightly occurrence. Whether a tornado or …
The “Judicial Insider Trading” of Justice Clarence Thomas and Wife “Ginni”
He had inappropriate sexual entanglements with a number of women and lied about it repeatedly to the American people. Yet nobody —- save for one Colorado law school prof—- …
The Zapatistas Return Amid Failed Drug War
After Javier Sicilia spoke to the crowd of thousands, he called for a 5-minute period of silence to honor the memory of victims of the drug war. (Photo: Kara …
Better Late Than Never? Government Finally Penalizes Major Banks for Mortgage Mod Failures
The Obama administration’s mortgage modification program is more than two years old. From the beginning, it’s been apparent that the participating banks and mortgage servicers were breaking the program’s …
Fighting Hunger Among Latino Children
(Photo: Bread for the World / Flickr)