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Pakistani Taliban Go for “the Jugular” With Attack on Karachi Police Compound
Karachi, Pakistan - Taliban fighters attacked an anti-terrorism police compound today, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 100 here in Pakistan's largest city, according to police …
Give Us Your Tired etc., etc., etc
One year after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans for a wide-reaching overhaul of America’s long-mismanaged immigration detention system, human rights and immigration advocacy organizations are …
Acquire Your Own Superpowers: Go See This Movie
A big obstacle to turning Americans on to the idea of action to support the human rights of Palestinians is that the situation appears to many as, a) far …
Eugene Robinson | Rank and File Frustration
Washington - "Why don't they fight back?" That's the question I've been hearing from the Democratic Party's stunned and dispirited base. For the past month, I've been on a …
Dean Baker | Deficit Commission Co-Chairs Ignore Economic Reality
Senator Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles appeared to have largely ignored economic reality in developing the proposals they presented to the public today. The country is suffering from 9.6 …
Camilo “Mac” Bica | No Cause for Parades
We have just begun the tenth year of occupation in Afghanistan. Despite the declared "end" to combat operations, American soldiers are still dying in Iraq as encounters with insurgents …
Spotlight G-20: We Need Global Keynesianism
Part of a Triple Crisis series leading up to the Nov. 11-12 G-20 meetings.
Global Temperature to Rise 3.5 Degrees C. by 2035: International Energy Agency
Global temperatures are projected rise 3.5 degrees C. over the next 25 years, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, meaning that governments worldwide will have failed in their pledge …
Bernie Sanders Wants NBC-Comcast Merger Stopped Following Olbermann Suspension
After MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann from "Countdown" for making contributions to political campaigns, activists and pundits on both sides of the aisle used the occasion to speak out on …
Few Big Fish Land in Immigration Dragnet
New York - Putting local police on the "front lines" of immigration enforcement is distracting federal agencies from their objectives by turning over people with no criminal history, or …