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AIDS Activists Rally at UN: “We Are Asking World Leaders to Live Up to Their Promise”
The 2011 U.N. High-Level meeting on AIDS kicked off on June 8 in New York, with more than 30 world leaders attending to discuss the progress and future of …
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Gingrich Senior Campaign Staff Resigns
Newt Gingrich’s campaign manager and a half-dozen senior advisers resigned on Thursday, two aides said, dealing a significant setback to his bid to seek the Republican presidential nomination and …
The Long, Ideological Road to Nowhere
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia). (Photo: republicanconference / Flickr) On June 1, Kathy Hochul (D-New York) was sworn in as the newest member of Congress. She …
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News in Brief: US Steps Up Secret War in Yemen, and More
US Steps Up Secret War in Yemen United States forces have stepped up a covert war against suspected militants in Yemen amid the violence and unrest that …
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What Food Crisis? Measuring Global Hunger
Last week, Oxfam launched its new international campaign, GROW, to fight food insecurity. The advocacy organization's campaign materials cite many of the statistics with which the post-food-crisis world has …
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Inflation Fears Rising Faster Than Prices in US and Europe
(Credit: JEMI.Source: Koha Ditore - Pristina, Kosovo.) Two questions about inflation: 1. What would the European Central Bank be doing if it were the Federal …
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Robert Reich | President Obama Must Not Go Over to the Supply Side
“I am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we’re on is not producing jobs as fast as I want it to happen,” President Obama said Tuesday, amid …
In Haiti, “Homes and Land Are the Source of Life”: International Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti
Below are excerpts from the International Forum on the Crisis of Housing, held in Port-au-Prince May 19-21, 2011. During the forum, hundreds of Haitians, plus allies from around the …
In Haiti, “Homes and Land are the Source of Life”: International Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti
elow are excerpts from the International Forum on the Crisis of Housing, held in Port-au-Prince May 19-21, 2011. During the forum, hundreds of Haitians, plus allies from around the …
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100 Percent Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears
Here’s a scenario to chill you to the bone: Without warning, the network — a set of terrorist super cells — struck in northern Germany and …