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Syrian Navy Joins Attack on Key Rebellious Port City
Beirut, Lebanon - In yet another escalation of its crackdown on dissent, the Syrian government unleashed navy vessels, tanks and a mix of soldiers, security forces and paramilitary fighters …
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Rick Perry: Tax the Poor!
Washingotn - Really? Of all the ills in the world, of all the problems with the economy, all the difficulties with the tax code, this is the one that …
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Somali Women Bear Superhuman Burden
A Somali woman holds a malnourished child, while waiting for medical assistance from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an active regional peacekeeping mission operated by the …
Why Do the Koch Brothers Want to End Public Education? (Video)
Read Robert Greenwald's Op-Ed: Want to See How the Kochs Are Ending Public Education?
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New Study Blames Human Beings for Half of Arctic Ice Melt
Anchorage - About half the recent record loss of Arctic sea ice can be blamed on global warming caused by human activity, according to a new study by scientists …
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Why the New Health Care Law Should Have Been Based on Medicare (and What Democrats Should Have Learned by Now)
Two appellate judges in Atlanta — one appointed by President Bill Clinton and one by George H.W. Bush – have just decided the Constitution doesn’t allow the federal government …
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America’s Illegal Foreclosure Epidemic
Two-year-olds often go running around the house too wildly and crash into something. They get an “ouchie” and fall down crying, but they learn from it. That's …
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Verizon Strike Turns Away Customers and Confronts Injunctions
Verizon’s strike in the Northeast is into Day Five, and big picket lines are turning away customers at Verizon’s wireless stores. Injunctions could threaten one of the …
The S&P Downgrade Market Plunge Myth
The Wall Street crew that wants to cut your Social Security and Medicare benefits are sensing that victory is in sight. They have managed to knock jobs completely off …
Is Bank of America Headed Toward Collapse?
Bank of America is no stranger to controversy. The largest bank in the United States has seen, in just the last six months, nationwide protests of its branches by …