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The War Is Over. Start Packing!
(Photo: Tom Haymes/Flickr) We got our man. Wave the flag, kiss a nurse (or a sailor) and start packing the equipment. It's time …
Why Does Senator McCaskill Want to Bankrupt Our Children?
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) is authoring a budget proposal that could radically alter government. (Photo: Dave Winer/Flickr) That is what people should be asking Missouri Sen. …
Justice or Vengeance?
Amman, Jordan - U.S. agents killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, apparently without cooperation from the government in Islamabad. The al-Qaeda leader was responsible for great suffering; I do …
Corporate America’s War on Political Transparency
Public Citizen President Rob Weissman, Public Citizen President, blogging at Citizen Vox, the blog of Public Citizen. It’s a modest notion. Companies that bid for …
Canadian Parliamentary Election: Know Your ABCs – Anyone but Conservatives
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, at 2010 G8 Summit and Toronto G20 Summit. (Photo: Remy Steinegger / World Economic Forum) To a majority of Americans, there …
Disaster Tourism: Honest Altruism or Insensitive Voyeurism?
A man walks through what remains of a police station destroyed in fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces, in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / …
Women in Tyvek: Hope in Nontraditional Green Jobs
Caulking windows as part of the overall weatherization. (Photo: 350.org) Every morning the trucks roll out of the garage at Community Environmental Center (CEC), and every morning …
Was Qaddafi the Real Target of the Strike That Killed His Son?
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during his address before the General Assembly of the United Nations, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) …
Will Public Workers and Immigrants March Together on May Day? (2)
(Photo: Working In These Times) One sign carried in almost every May Day march of the last few years says it all: “We are Workers, not Criminals!” …
Itamar Murders: How the Israeli Narrative of Victimization Is Fed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Jafi Israel / Flickr) How painful it must have been for Motti Fogel to get up and speak at his brother …