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Haiti: Just When You Think It Can’t Get Worse
We may soon look back on this period in Haiti with greater appreciation. Amidst the world-historic levels of death and suffering from last January’s earthquake, citizens have at least …

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Young Mizrahi Israelis’ Open Letter to Arab Peers
Women at a class at Hiber use a ball of string to illustrate social media in Dheiban, Jordan, on Feb. 12, 2011. Online activists at the company train young …

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The Road to Arab Democracy
Egyptian flags are waved as Egyptians protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 1, 2011. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / The New York Times) Jerusalem - During the turmoil …

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Canada Turns Hard Right, to Israel’s Benefit
On May 02, 2011, Canadian electors voted in a majority government for the former minority government of Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party. The Conservatives won 167 out of …

Taking Credit Versus Taking Action
President Barack Obama listens during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday, May 1, 2011.

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After OBL: McGovern/Jones Push for Real Withdrawal Plan
Massachusetts congressman Jim McGovern. (Photo: Eugena Ossi / Governor's Office) Following the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the floodgates opened in Washington this week for …

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House Republicans Push for Renewed Offshore Drilling
House Republicans passed a bill yesterday afternoon that would require the Obama administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling. As oil prices shoot up, Republicans have pushing for …

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The High Cost of Cheap War
It seems only fitting that in the very month the Terminator sci-fi franchise predicted the rise of militarized artificial intelligence, the Guardian of London reported on a British Ministry …

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Gulf Oil Drilling Disaster: Gendered Layers of Impact
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Drilling Disaster of April 20, 2010 (the “BP Oil Spill”) is, as the news sometimes tells us, causing grave damage to the waterways and shores, …

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What’s Behind the Obama Administration’s About Face Regarding Medical Marijuana?
Here was the Obama administration's well publicized position on medical marijuana, circa 2009 (via the Ogden memo to all United States attorneys): "The prosecution of significant traffickers of illegal …