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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 …
Panamanian Corruption Concealed Amidst Free Trade Negotiations
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) • Obama welcomes Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in the midst of major scandal and corruption in Panama. • Once again, …
Top Climate Scientist on the Monster Tornadoes: It Is Irresponsible Not to Mention Climate Change
Throughout human history, the climate system has been a source of life and death, the sun and rain capable of feeding our crops and bringing us comfort, or unleashing …
Lessons for Progressives From Power Shift Youth
Power Shift March, New York Avenue at 14th Street, NW, Washington DC, April 17, 2011. (Photo: Elvert Xavier Barnes) Over the weekend of April 15, some 10,000 …
Corporate Propaganda Response To Town Hall Medicare Anger
The Republican plan for Medicare “cuts government spending” by shifting the cost of old-age health care directly to the middle class and poor. (I’ll explain below.) Here’s the thing: …
Why the US and NATO Fed Detainees to Afghan Torture System
An Afghan Special Forces soldier searches a mock detainee during a unit demonstration for Gen. David H. Petraeus. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell / isafmedia) Washington - …
Reducing Influence Peddling in Government Contracting
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Today, the Unites States Air Force relies on a fleet of aerial refueling tankers - overwhelmingly comprised of the jet-powered, Eisenhower-era KC-135 …
Cheney Was Right About One Thing: Deficits Don’t Matter
Former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) “Deficit terrorists” are gutting governments and forcing the privatization …
Backdoor Bailouts: Banks Play Shell Game With Taxpayer Dollars
The Federal Reserve propped up banks with big infusions of cash during the depths of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. Banks that took billions of dollars from …
An Arab Spring for Women: The Missing Story From the Middle East
A woman wears a Tunisian flag during a protest outside government buildings in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 21, 2011. (Photo: Holly Pickett / The New York Times) …