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Government Report on Drugging of Detainees Is Suppressed
A major Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigation on the drugging of detainees held at Guantanamo and other Department of Defense (DoD) facilities was completed …
Job One for Congress: Respond to the Jobs Emergency
The House of Representatives, which returns from its summer recess today, and the Senate, which returned Monday, really only has one legislative priority it should be focused on before …
Naomi Klein on Bankers, Bailouts, BP and Building the Left
More GRITtv “We have to build that independent left. It has to be so strong and so radical and so militant and so powerful that it becomes irresistible.”
US Still Top Arms Supplier to South as Record Sale to Saudis Pends
Washington - Despite an unusual dip in global weapons sales in 2009, the United States retained its spot as the world's top arms supplier of developing countries, according to …
James Kwak | The Rich Took Over in the 1970s
It isn’t often that I read two books in a row that both cite Alexis de Tocqueville, probably my favorite Social Studies 10 author (although he was far from …
A Tale of Two Presidential Visits
It is already clear that President Barack Obama's visit to India in early November 2010 (the exact dates are yet to be finalized) will be very different from his …
Fatal Pipeline Accident Turns Attention to Nation’s Aging Pipelines
Following last week’s pipeline explosion in California that killed at least four people and destroyed 58 houses in suburban San Bruno, regulators have been searching for clues about what …
News in Brief: Republicans Fight to Keep Bush-Era Tax Breaks, and More
Republicans Fight to Keep Bush-Era Tax Breaks
Poverty Rate Paradox: Poverty Rises, but FBI Crime Rate Falls
Atlanta - The much-studied links between poverty and crime rates – which helped give rise to many Great Society programs – have not materialized so far in the Great …
Zach Carter | Business Press Gets Nasty as Economy Worsens
The economy is terrible. Jobs are nowhere to be found. Wall Street bonuses are through the roof. But mainstream business journalism is still praising the con-men who created this …