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WikiLeaks: US Ambassador Planned “Retaliation” Against France Over Ban on Monsanto Corn
The former United States ambassador to France suggested “moving to retaliation” against France and the European Union (EU) in late 2007 to fight a French ban on Monsanto's genetically …

Froma Harrop | Can We Break the China Habit?
It's been tough watching fellow shoppers fill their carts with Chinese imports as the People's Republic stomps on American interests and values. At WalMart, Bed Bath & Beyond and …

John Feffer | South Korea: Seeking Reunification by Live Fire?
If you look closely at the AP photograph of the South Korean marines conducting a drill on Yeonpyoeong island, you can see that their yellow headbands read tongil. That's …

The Torture of Bradley Manning
One peculiar outcome of the new clampdown on whistleblowers is the spectacle of Americans cheering on the destruction of their own rights, as in the case of avowed tough …

Death Penalty Less Common in US Now Than in 1990s, Report Finds
The American justice system sent 114 convicted murderers to death row in 2010, continuing a decade-long trend that has seen the number of death sentences reduced from more than …

In Defense of the World’s Meddlesome Central Banks
There exists a widespread, false impression that Keynesian fiscal policy failed to rally the United States’s battered economy. This is wrong — the truth is that Keynesian policies were …

News in Brief: Texas Gets Four More Congressional Seats, and More
Texas Gets Four More Congressional Seats

Republicans Poised to Declare War on Welfare State
Senate Republicans scuttled a bipartisan $1.2 trillion dollar spending omnibus bill last week. Now, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is scrambling to pass a temporary funding bill to keep …

Eugene Robinson | Victory and Vindication
Washington - President Obama must be tempted to respond to his progressive critics with a quote from the old-school rapper Kool Moe Dee: “How ya like me now?” Repeal …

How Undocumented Youth Nearly Made Their DREAMs Real in 2010
By the time Felipe Matos got to North Carolina, his 1,500-mile march was nearly over. It was April and he, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa and Juan Rodriguez were set …