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If Cancun Climate Talks Falter, Blame the US (2)
The most recent round of United Nations-led climate change negotiations began this week in Cancun, and although international expectations are muted this year, the stakes are still high. As …
Big Polluters Freed From Environmental Oversight by Stimulus
In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the nation’s biggest polluters and …
Fighting the Black Anti-Abortion Campaign: Trusting Black Women
Sixty-five billboards were quickly erected in predominantly African American neighborhoods in Atlanta on February 5, 2010. Each showed a sorrowful picture of a black male child proclaiming, "Black Children …
Rumors and Pessimism Reign Midway Through Cancun Summit
Cancun, Mexico - At the end of the first week of climate negotiations under way in this Mexican Caribbean resort city, it seems a distant possibility that the nearly …
Hammered in the Senate, Democrats Must Negotiate on Tax Cuts
Washington Saturday was a picture of frustration and gridlock over government spending and taxes. But the lack of specific legislative progress also brought signs that the negotiating parties – …
US Execution Capital Reconsiders the Death Penalty
New York - On Monday, Dec. 6, a district court in Texas will be asked – for the first time in that U.S. state's history – to decide whether …
9.8 Percent: The Number That the Deficit Commission Left Out
9.8%! It’s still all about jobs. It's still an emergency. And the DC elite still don’t get it — or don't care. They give us a “deficit commission” not …
Revisiting the Politics of Social Change
The November 2010 midterm elections have unveiled the fissures in America to reveal a society suffering a loss of self-confidence and a fragmentation of its political system. The resurgence …
Peace With Iran: Two Petitions; Two Approaches
After a period in which defending Iran hasn't been very high on the agenda of most US antiwar activists, there are now two petition campaigns opposing war and sanctions …
Bienvenido Señor Ahmadinejad: Tehran
• Iran’s influence in Latin America, serious threat or paper tiger? • Rumors of Iran’s involvement have been greatly overstated