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What, if anything, is the matter with Obama? This is a question that sharply divides progressives today, the central front on what has become known as the “Obama Wars.” …

(Photo: TylerIngram; Edited: JR / Truthout) The earliest recorded use of biological warfare was that of Romans putting dead horses into an enemy's water supply. Other documented …

For the first time in a decade, significant cuts in projected military spending are on the table. If the “Super Congress” doesn't reach a deal on $1.2 trillion in …

Part I – Education as Indoctrination

New York - The massive volatility and sharp equity-price correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession. A …

On June 29, 2011, Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Aymara Indian president, withdrew his country from the United Nation’s (UN) 1961 Vienna Convention on Narcotic Drugs. His decision was based …

President Bush jokes with FEMA Director Joe M. Allbaugh before he addresses FEMA employees in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2001 and thanks them for their ongoing role in …

Bulletin for those of you who get your information only from the New York Times, the Washington Post and other outlets of the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM): Former White …

More than three decades ago, on Oct. 19, 1980, then-Republican vice presidential candidate George H.W. Bush supposedly took an afternoon trip to visit a family friend in Washington, an …

The “double-r words” have been invoked again. I bristle every time I hear the term “reverse racism” applied in a new context. It’s kind of like the blogger at …