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Finding Budget Solutions, Not Scapegoats: Lessons From an Oregon Victory (2)
This week, as President Obama unveiled the federal budget and state legislatures across the country continued heated battles over their own financial crises, we are continuing to hear a …
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Rachel Maddow | Michael Moore: The Rich and the GOP Are Destroying America’s Working Class
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“No-Fly Zone”? Senator Kerry, the UN Charter Is Supreme Law
Surely no one has been surprised to see Senator McCain engaged in what Defense Secretary Gates has rightly called “loose talk” about the use of US military force in …
“The Pentagon Labyrinth”: A New Guide to Reform the Pentagon Even if You Feel Overwhelmed by the Mess (2)
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout) For this week's Solutions column, I am looking at a new handbook, “The Pentagon Labyrinth,” edited by Winslow Wheeler. This handbook is …
911 Is a Joke (Because It’s Broke)
As the Great Blizzard of 2010 blanketed New York City, most residents were blissfully unaware that their city's 911 system was on the brink of collapse. The system fielded …
Investigation: Interpol and Julian Assange’s Red Notice
Why did Julian Assange receive an Interpol Red Notice, but Gaddafi only an Orange? Tess Lawrence investigates the murky world of Interpol exclusively for IA, asking some troubling questions …
News in Brief: NPR Executives Resign Over Flaps, and More
NPR Executives Resign Over Flaps
The Cairo-Madison Connection
On Feb. 20, Kamal Abbas, Egyptian union leader and prominent figure in the Jan. 25 movement, sent a message to the “workers of Wisconsin”: “We stand with you as …
“The Pentagon Labyrinth”: A New Guide to Reform the Pentagon Even if You Feel Overwhelmed by the Mess
For this week's Solutions column, I am looking at a new handbook, “The Pentagon Labyrinth,” edited by Winslow Wheeler. This handbook is a collection of ten essays on how …