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Do (Fill in the Blank) Value Life Less than We Do?
I still hear some people say that an “enemy” doesn't value human life like we do.
US Judge Orders Independent Doctors to Evaluate Gravely Ill Guantanamo Hunger Striker
Mr. Dhiab is asking the court to order a halt to the abusive and needlessly brutal practices that are currently being used to force-feed him, which include removing his …
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition to Sail to Gaza Again
We assert that all that we do is peaceful, civil society driven non-governmental actions.
Fracking Success Shut Down US Climate Change Policy
Christopher Williams tells Paul Jay that the fabulous profits made from fracking oil and gas took climate change off Obama agenda, and while coal emissions may be down in …
Deconstructing Fed Vice Chair’s Grim Economic Forecast
PERI Co-Director Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer has ignored real solutions to improve the economy, like increasing wages.
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The Caveats of Ferguson and the Murder of Michael Brown
Why must one, in America, be confined to a living space that is essentially occupied by law enforcement because they are perceived as “dangerous animals”?
Armed With Military-Grade Weapons, Missouri Police Crack Down on Protests Over Michael Brown Shooting
The Missouri town of Ferguson looks like a war zone as police fire tear gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs to break up a fifth night of protests over …
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Rail Workers Revolt Against Driving Solo
On July 16, thousands of railroaders abruptly learned their union officers had held secret negotiations with BNSF.
Cry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement, Odious Debt or Pillage?
Argentina was the richest country in Latin America before decades of neoliberal and IMF-imposed economic policies drowned it in debt.
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Briefing the President but Keeping the Public in the Dark
Washington prepared some grim early estimates of the death and destruction that would come from a nuclear war with Russia, but kept the details secret for more than 50 …