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When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault
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Nigeria: Halliburton Plans Plea Bargain in Cheney Corruption Case
Lagos, Nigeria - Halliburton is planning to make a plea bargain in former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's corruption case, Nigerian officials told GlobalPost.
A Modest Proposal to Transition to a “Cater to the Rich” Economy
In an article in The New York Times titled “Some Very Creative Economic Fix-Its,” New York University economics professor Andrew Caplin calls for workers to put their stakes in …
Remember $4 Gasoline? Oil Speculators Are Back
Washington - Despite weak demand in the U.S. and Europe, oil prices climbed this week to near $90 a barrel and gasoline prices have passed $3 a gallon on …
Solution: The Pentagon Continues to Overpay for Everything; Let’s Fix It
In the first “Solutions: Making Government Work” column, editor Dina Rasor outlines an essential first step toward regaining control over the notoriously corrupt Department of Defense contracting system. It's …
Haiti’s Election Debacle
Expectations heading into Haiti’s elections on November 28 were modest at best. The country’s notoriously opaque Conseil Électoral Provisoire (CEP) once again excluded the country’s most influential political party, …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Who Is Sanctimonious?
Washington - What does President Obama think of those who fought and bled to pass his bills in Congress (in some cases losing in this year's election for their …
Bill McKibben: Growing Global Movements
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James Kwak | More on the Tax Deal
First, the comic relief. From the Times: "Senator Jim DeMint, Republican of South Carolina, said that he still wanted the Bush-era rates extended permanently and that the cost …
House Passes DREAM Act, but Senate Prospects Dim
Washington - The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday night that would provide a conditional path to citizenship for as many as 500,000 children of illegal immigrants. While …