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Froma Harrop | The Democrats Did Good
The Democrats did good. Not in the election — they did pretty miserably there. But they did good for the country. They led America back from the brink of …
David Sirota | From Uprising to Hostile Takeover … and Back Again
Death Panels. Witchcraft. Birthers. Islamophobes. Tea partiers. Obama text messages. Palin robo-calls. TV commercial after TV commercial after TV commercial. And now, at the end of this $4 billion …
GOP: No Compromise on Tax Cut for Wealthiest Taxpayers
Republican leaders in both the House and the Senate said Sunday there would be no compromise with Democrats on whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest …
Obama Should Create Jobs by Executive Order
On May 6, 1935, with the country in the midst of the Great Depression and with indirect efforts to create jobs having not moved the needle of unemployment rates, …
The Dirty Business of Coal: How Our Addiction to an 18th Century Energy Source Is Killing Us
Coal powers America. But at what cost to the environment and human health? That's the question documentarian Peter Bull and the Center for Investigative Reporting attempt to tackle in …
Ray McGovern | Bush Boasts of Waterboard Order
Former President George W. Bush continues to be beyond shame. Those favored with an advance copy of Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, say it paints a picture of a totally …
The Lies of Islamophobia: The Three Unfinished Wars of the West Against the Rest
The Muslims were bloodthirsty and treacherous. They conducted a sneak attack against the French army and slaughtered every single soldier, 20,000 in all. More than 1,000 years ago, in …
Obama Backs India Post on UN Security Council
New Delhi - President Barack Obama on Monday explicitly endorsed India’s longstanding hopes of securing a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, an influential endorsement that could …
Where Do Anti-Government Ideas Come From?
The Koch brothers, two billionaires who have funded a staunchly anti-government agenda for years, will be hosting a confidential strategy meeting in January, intended to "counter the most severe …
Report: Sex Workers Face Widespread Abuse of Civil and Human Rights
This Friday, November 5, 2010, the United States will be reviewed as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva. The …