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State and City Budget Crisis: Causes and Solutions (Video)
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the …

NATO Challenged Over Kabul Raid That Killed Two Guards
Kabul, Afghanistan - The international Special Forces military team that targeted a Kabul office complex on Christmas Eve day thought they were thwarting a holiday season plot to bomb …

Mexico Buys Corn Futures to Ensure Tortilla Prices Remain Flat
Mexico City - In 2007, massive impromptu street protests threatened the popularity of Mexican President Felipe CalderĂłn. But it was not drug violence or kidnappings that prompted the outcry. …

Coal Ash in Our Stockings
It’s the naughty children who get coal in their stockings, and it seems like Americans must have been naughty this year. Because across the country, we’re awash with coal, …

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The Baby Trade
When Ok Chin was a child, her mother brought her to an orphanage. The family was poor, and her mother heard that the girl would get fed and clothed. …

Bush Intelligence Chief: Obama “Has Been as Aggressive, if Not More Aggressive in Pursuing” Terrorists
For the past two years, conservatives have repeatedly attacked President Obama for supposedly endangering American lives by not being aggressive enough in going after terrorists. But a year after …

Bankers’ Pay On the Line Again
The people who run big banks in the US have had a good year. They pushed back hard on financial reform legislation during the spring and were able to …

Food Aid Stalled in Northern Pakistan After Female Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 45
Aid agencies have closed down much-needed food-aid operations in parts of northwest Pakistan after a female suicide bomber struck a crowd at a food aid distribution center Saturday, killing …