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Chile’s Ghosts: The Tyranny of Forgetting
Late in the afternoon on September 4th, 1970 a crowd gathered in central Santiago, Chile to celebrate the election of socialist president Salvador Allende. Among the participants in the …
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Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse | The American Way of War Quiz
Yes, it would be funny if it weren’t so grim. After all, when it comes to squandering money and resources in strange and distant places (or even here at …
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Eugene Robinson | Newt and the Closet Kenyan
Washington - Is Newt Gingrich just pretending to have lost his mind, or has he actually gone around the bend? His lunacy certainly seems genuine enough. It's one thing …
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Mistakes? I’ve Made a Few … Well, Two
It doesn’t upset me when people attack my ideas. On the contrary, I feel that most wouldn’t bother unless they were worried that I was actually affecting the course …
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Negotiating a New NAFTA: What and Why This Is Needed
Agricultural Performance Has Been Particularly Disappointing At the end of 1992, the leaders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Once …
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Will Tea Party’s Latest Victim Be Delaware’s Rep. Castle?
Washington - Tuesday, the last big primary election day this year, could be the biggest test yet of tea party influence, as the conservative grass-roots movement appears within striking …
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Dean Baker | Forced Busing, the Deficit Commission and Social Security
Forced school busing is often held up as one of the most misguided policy measures ever put into practice. Forced busing came about as part of the process of …
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Simon Johnson | Republican Nightmare: Putting Elizabeth Warren to Work Now
What can Obama do that would mobilize his political base and put his opponents on the defensive? There is an easy answer: Appoint Elizabeth Warren. President Obama is finally …
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Robert Reich | The Two Categories of American Corporation – and Their Politics
Some giant American corporations depend on a buoyant American economy and a world-class industrial base in the United States. Others are far less dependent. What comes out of Washington …
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Solar on the Cheap: Thanks Purple Pokeberry!
A dye made from the purple pokeberry — a common weed — proves uncommonly effective at juicing up the prospects for solar power.