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US Conservatives Raise a Stink Over Meddlesome Government
Conservatives are convinced that the Environmental Protection Agency is messing with Texas. The state has been battling the federal agency for years over pollution regulations, and now it is …

Protesters Clash Again on Cairo’s Streets
Cairo - With the eyes of the Arab world upon them, protesters seeking the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak regrouped at Tahrir Square on Thursday after a night of …

Replacing a Predatory Economy with a Complementary Economy
By now it is eminently apparent that both Left- and Right-wing politicians alike have it wrong when it comes to re-imagining the future of “making stuff” in …

Snow Storm

Fraudclosure: Will State AGs Step Up to Their Moment in History?
Rumor has it that the 50 state attorney general investigation into the Fraudclosure scandal is wrapping up. It's time for a backbone check. Will the state attorneys general just …

Mubarak Supporters Violently Attack Protesters in Tahrir Square, Over 100 Injured (Video)
Guests: Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now! senior producer Nazly Hussein, Egyptian demonstrator

Raffi Cavoukian | Cairo Sunshine All Around
Reflecting on the Rebirth of My Birthplace A siren song is this Cairo freedom fire, the Tunisian spark now a roaring flame. A new Mecca in Tahrir Square. I …

Democracy in Egypt: The US and Israel Can Adapt and They Will
Democracy is coming to Egypt. People outside of Egypt who consider that inconvenient to their current policies may kvetch, but ultimately they can adapt and they will, because as …

Walmart, Food Deserts and Genuine Sovereignty
Let us begin with a “defining moment,” courtesy of the Oxford World Dictionary: Commissariat (kÉ’mɪˈsÉ›Ërɪət) Definition: chiefly Military department for the supply of food and equipment. Origin: late …

Chamber Of Commerce Continues Decades-Long Assault Against Clean Economy
At a Washington DC press conference, U.S.