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Blackwater’s Migraines Multiply
Legal headaches are growing exponentially for the security firm formerly known as Blackwater - once the darling of the military-industrial community. In separate developments, two former employees of the …
Small Foreign News Staffs Threaten US Democracy
London, United Kingdom - Recently, I sadly said goodbye to former colleagues who were fired in another round of cost cutting by CBS News. The CBS London bureau now …
Malalai Joya Is an Angry Woman
There's no democracy under occupation. Exclusive interview with the young Afghan deputy thrown out of Parliament for having exposed foreign interference in her country. Malalai Joya is an angry …
Can Workers Hope to Be Safe at Last?
It's called musculoskeletal disorder or MSD, the most common of the serious injuries suffered by US workers. But because corporate employers fear that greater public awareness would force them …
The Torture Memo John Yoo Should Have Written
On February 19, the Department of Justice released the long-awaited 261-page Report of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), which concluded, among other things, that in his legal memos …
VA Agrees to Take Second Look at Thousands of Gulf War Vets’ Disability Claims
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has agreed to re-examine the disability claims for what could turn out to be thousands of veterans of the Gulf War. The development …
The Racialization of Crime and Punishment
Part II of an Interview With Nancy A. Heitzeg. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Ph.D is a professor of sociology and program co-director of critical studies of race and ethnicity at …
Supreme Court Takes Up Appeal by Enron’s Skilling
The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments concerning an appeal by former Enron Corporation CEO Jeff Skilling, who was tried and convicted in 2006 on numerous counts of …
Arizona Leads the Way in Combating Foreclosure
As the Obama administration works up its 12,487th plan for keeping underwater homeowners in their homes, Arizona's legislation may have the courage and good sense to do the obvious: …
The Decline of the American Empire Remains a Movie for the CIA
Economist Samir Amin deciphers the latest CIA report on the state of the world. He shows that intelligence agency experts still see a single view only: the American model's …