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Will Indignation Salvage Spain?
Indignation is the catch phrase in Spain these days, most feel it and most express it, but the collective shouting seems to fall into a vacuum that can soon …
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Disabled Abandon Wheelchairs, Protest Medicaid Cuts
(Photo: moni / Flickr) When Sheela Gunn-Cushman decided to take part in a die-in at the California Republican Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento in March, …
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The Crisis in America’s Ghettos
In case you didn't know it, what's called a “recession” in White America is called a “depression” in Black America. During much of last year white unemployment held steady …
Inviting Chaos: The Perils of Toying With the Debt Ceiling
Crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression. (Photo: Public Domain) A game of Russian roulette is being played …
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Poll: Americans Don’t Approve of Ryan’s Plan for Medicaid, Either
On Tuesday, New Yorkers in the state’s 26th Congressional District delivered House Republicans a clear message that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan to end Medicare won’t fly. …
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News in Brief: Fed Gave Secret Bailout to Foreign Banks, and More
Fed Gave Secret Bailout to Foreign Banks Without public disclosure, the Federal Reserve doled out money totaling at least $30 million to three foreign banks at interest …
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“Death Squads” Target Salvadoran Journalists
Death threats targeting journalists were distressingly common during the tumultuous Salvadoran Civil War that took place in the late seventies and eighties. Over the course of the war, a …
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El Salvadoran Government and Social Movements Say “No” to Monsanto
On the morning of Friday, May 6th President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador’s left-wing FMLN party, arrived at the La Maroma agricultural cooperative in the department of Usulután for …
Man Arrested for Planned Attack on Planned Parenthood Clinic
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“Angola 3” Mark 39 Years in Solitary Confinement
Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have entered their 40th year in solitary confinement in the Louisiana prison system. A series of events in New Orleans last month marked the …