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Netanyahu’s Border War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President Barack Obama during Middle East peace talks in Washington, on September 1, 2010. (Photo: Drew Angerer / The New York Times) …
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Awakening to the Limits of the Obama Presidency
(Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) There are folks who seem to keep hoping that Obama has a “progressive” side which we will all …
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 …