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Bełzec: The Laboratory of Genocide
“Resigned to our fate, we felt neither hunger nor cold. We all waited our turn to die an inhuman death.”
Why Are Right-Wingers So Crazy in Love With Israel?
It is much more than evangelical Christians hoping for the rapture.
Debt Ceiling Games – Court Could End Leverage
Whether or not President Obama can simply rule to pay bills owed by the United States and bring the country financial relief depends on the courts.
Finally, the Republicans Are Afraid
House Speaker John Boehner warned his fellow Republicans that President Obama may be preparing u201cto annihilateu201d the GOP, causing critics to question how stable the Republican hold really is.
The Second Amendment’s History
In his Second Inaugural Address, President Obama reaffirmed his intent to seek gun safety laws in the wake of the Newtown massacre, as the Right insists the Second Amendment …
Seventy Years of Nuclear Fission, Thousands of Centuries of Nuclear Waste
Without a way to safely store existing nuclear waste, a responsible government cannot continue to permit the manufacture of more.
A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year: Hate Crimes in America (and Elsewhere)
Violence doesn't have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.
Mali, France, and Chickens
As French intervention causes the situation in Mali to spiral further out of control, it seems that this conflict was a long time in the making.
Responding to Financial Crisis: Are Austerity and Suffering Inevitable?
The idea that suffering for an economy is inevitable is repeated so often that it is now taken as received wisdom by policy makers and civil society alike, yet …
Six Economic Steps to a Better Life and Real Prosperity for All
We've got to break out of the old ways of thinking about the economy.