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Pentagon Tightens Grip on the Obama Administration and the Intelligence Community
President Barack Obama's appointment of retired Gen. James Clapper as the director of national intelligence (DNI) demonstrates the Pentagon's enormous influence over the president and indicates that there is …
Ann Wright, Witness to Flotilla Incident (Video) (2)
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Groups Around the US Joined Haitian Farmers in Protesting “Donation” of Monsanto Seeds
"We're for seeds that have never been touched by multinationals. In our advocacy, we say that seeds are the patrimony of humanity. No one can control them," said Doudou …
Ann Wright, Witness to Flotilla Incident (Video)
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Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports
[This essay appears in "Sports & Games," the Summer 2010 issue of Lapham's Quarterly and is posted at TomDispatch.com with the kind permission of that magazine.]
Teachers Without Jobs and Education Without Hope
The United States' choice to deal with its financial crisis by further weakening public and higher education is devastating.
News in Brief: Iran Offers to Escort Next Aid Convoy to Gaza
Iran has offered to send its Revolutionary Guard to escort the next aid convoy to Gaza, reported the Guardian UK. This move could seriously escalate tensions in the region, …
The Hypocritic Oath
Critics call out Congress for choosing the good will of doctors over the good health of patients, as the House proposes to lower funding for unemployment health benefits while …
Deficit Reduction = Selling Out to Wall Street
In the fall of 2008, decades of finance-first, bankers-know-best economic policies coalesced to create one of the worst economic crises in history, one that the banks themselves could not …
No Debating This: “Hope Is Not Enough“
The centerpiece of the first day of the America's Future Now! conference was expected to be a debate between representatives of two camps within the progressive movement: those who …