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SCOTUS Hears Argentine/Hedge Fund Objection
Argentina expected to file final appeal on landmark debt case in February.
On the Fourth Anniversary of the Haitian Earthquake My Family Survived: End the UN Occupation, End US Exploitation, and End Corporate Education Reform on Haiti!
Justice for Haiti will only begin to be achieved when US sweatshops are driven from the island and Haiti's wealth is used to meet the needs of Haitians, rather …
Groups Protest 12th Anniversary of Guantánamo
Human rights and civil liberties groups gathered opposite the White House at noon to demand President Obama honor his many promises to close the prison.
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The Abuse of Laughter
In this age of utter cynicism, little is sacred, little is off-limits from humor, little is safe from the cultural tide of callous abuse.
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Oil-by-Rail Industry in North America Begins 2014 with Another Spectacular Crash
Seven cars in a 152-car coal train derailed in the center of the Vancouver region on Jan. 11.
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Why Cory Booker Is Trying to Deep-Six Obama’s Historic Efforts at Peacemaking with Iran
The newly minted New Jersey senator has joined forces with the countryu2019s most reactionary forces in foreign policy.
75 Economists Including Seven Nobel Laureates Endorse Senate Bill to Raise Minimum Wage
$10.10 an hour minimum wage increase shows an improvement but is still not a living wage, which would be twice the poverty rate at $12 an hour.
Corporate Deregulation to Blame for Toxic Spill in West Virginia
Hundreds of thousands of West Virginians remain without clean water and anger grows against corporations' power to facilitate deregulation of environmental standards.
Shock Doctrine in Japan: Shinzo Abe’s Rightward Shift to Militarism, Secrecy in Fukushima’s Wake
Democracy Now! speaks with Koichi Nakano about Japanu2019s increasingly pro-nuclear, nationalistic stance.
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Anatomy of an Obamacare “Horror Story“
Texas daily went digging for victims of the ACA and Surprise! Reporter unearthed three Tea Partiers who hate the new law.