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Where Will We Find the Money?
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A Campaign Promise Dies: Obama and Military Commissions
This investigative report was originally published on Truthout.org on March 8, 2010. At first it seemed Obama was on track to make good on his campaign promise …
This Is What Resistance Looks Like
UAW delegates march on Bank of America chanting “money for schools, not for banks,” March 24, 2011. (Photo: John Rummel/PW ) The phrase consent of the governed …
The Martin Luther King Legacy and the Global Economic Crisis: Can One Influence the Other?
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1964. (Photo: Library of Congress) Before he went over that mountain top in that week in April like this one back in l968, …
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We Are One: Remembering Martin Luther King’s Struggle for Labor Rights
Martin Luther King Jr. on the march to Montgomery, 1965. (Photo: Eliel) “It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation …
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Syrian Uprisings – Assad Is Not Going Anywhere
Reports in Arab media seem to suggest that Syrian President Hafez Assad, who took over the leadership from his dictatorial father in 2000, is not going to step down …
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News in Brief: Obama Launches Re-Election Campaign, and More
Obama Launches Re-Election Campaign The Hill reports that President Barack Obama on Monday officially announced that he would be running for a second term in the White …
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Joe Arpaio Launches “Air Posse” to Hunt Immigrants at Border
Arizona might be giving the anti-immigrant attacks a rest in its legislature, but out on the streets not much has changed. On Tuesday Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced …
Obama Reverses Course: No Civilian Trial for 9/11 Plotters
Washington - In an about face on the day President Barack Obama announced his re-election bid, a U.S. official said Monday that Attorney General Eric Holder will order military …