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The True Crime of the Rosenberg Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen, as they leave the US courthouse after being found guilty by a jury. (Photo: Roger Higgins / Wikimedia)
GMOs and Peru: The Debate Comes to a Head
Farmers in Potato Park, Peru, near Cusco, one of the first Peruvian regions to declare themselves “GMO-free zones.” (Photo: iied.org) The use of transgenic or genetically modified …
US Neocons’ New Overtures to Terrorist Opposition Group in Iran, Part 2
Iranians protests the deaths in Ashraf. (Photo: Steven Damron / Flickr) Believing that it was strong enough to topple Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's regime, on June 19, 1981, …
Greek Protesters Are Better Economists Than the European Authorities
Imagine that in the worst year of our recent recession, the United States government decided to reduce its federal budget deficit by more than $800 billion dollars – cutting …
US Neocons’ New Overtures to Terrorist Opposition Group in Iran, Part 1
Tehran, Iran. (Photo: [ john ])
Spain’s “Indignant Ones“
While “Europe’s slow-motion financial collapse” – as Mother Jones magazine described it in a June 6tharticle – continues to unravel, Spain, like other European states continues to implement anti-social-neo-liberal …
Weiner Quits House Seat Over “Mistakes“
Washington - Representative Anthony D. Weiner, an influential Democrat who had been considered a leading candidate to be the next mayor of New York City, said Thursday that he …
Medicaid Makes a Difference
Dr. Rachel Z. Chatters, a pediatrician, left, examines Draven Smith, eight, who relies on Medicaid, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on March 24, 2011. (Photo: Michael Stravato / The New …
The Greek Volcano
Protesters in Thessaloniki, Greece, May 25, 2011. (Photo: Tom Tziros) I spent May 2011 in Greece. On the surface, nothing looked unusual in Athens. The same mess …
Torture Accountability After All?
Photo from Abu Ghraib of Manadel al-Jamadi's body. While al-Jamadi's death had earlier been ruled a homicide, evidence now being presented to the grand jury may be the start …