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South Bronx Community Rallies to End “Stop and Frisk“
Through the back of Jamel Mims' black leather baseball cap, a sprig of short, slender dreadlocks sticks out, looking like cooped-up children eager to see what's outside. What's outside …
Who REALLY Pays Taxes
(Photo: TaxBrackets.org) As US capitalism suffers from a crisis now in its fifth year with no end in sight, the Republican presidential candidates and Obama endlessly repeat …
A Competitive Dollar: The Missing Link in President Obama’s Manufacturing Agenda
In his State of the Union Address last week, President Obama announced a renewed commitment to manufacturing in the United States. While the commitment to rebuilding the country's manufacturing …
Iranian Aircraft Carriers in the Gulf of Mexico: It Can’t Happen Here
Exclusive: New Iranian Commando Team Operating Near U.S. (Tehran, FNA) The Fars News Agency has confirmed with the Republican Guard’s North American Operations Command …
Fact-Checking Obama’s State of the Union Speech, Part 1: Jobs
On January 24, 2012, President Obama delivered his latest State of the Union (SOTU) speech to Congress. It heavily emphasized economic themes, among which were jobs, manufacturing, trade, the …
Occupying Hawaii: Paradise Lost and Found
Kauai, the “Garden Island.” (Photo: yark64) Ever since the Garden of Eden headlined the Torah, savvy marketers have realized that we all deeply desire a slice of …
Can’t Buy Me Laws: Congress Must Give Back Chris Dodd’s Dirty Money
People inside the D.C. bubble often tell stories about lavish fundraisers and the use of campaign cash to shore up votes in Congress. Conspiracy theories about who uses their …
So, What About the State of the Unions, Mr. President?
Unions? Organized labor? The AFL-CIO? Those words were nowhere to be heard in President Obama's State of the Union address, despite labor's vital role in the economy …
The Truth Behind the Coming “Regime Change” in Syria
After meeting again to decide Syria’s fate, the Arab League again decided to extend its “monitoring mission” in Syria. However, some Arab League nations under U.S. diplomatic control are …
Direct Fossil Fuel Subsidies Worldwide: Half a Trillion Dollars Annually
Here are disturbing numbers from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, by Lester R. Brown, and its excerpt …