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Explosion Rocks Japan Nuclear Plant After Quake
Tokyo - An explosion at a crippled nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building and caused a radiation leak of unspecified proportions, …
How the So-Called Guardians of Free Speech Are Silencing the Messenger
As the United States and Britain look for an excuse to invade another oil-rich Arab country, the hypocrisy is familiar. Colonel Gaddafi is “delusional” and “blood-drenched” while the authors …
NPR Executives Withdraw Their Resignations: A Fantasy About Liberals With a Backbone
Until now, the Obama administration, The New York Times and Congressional Democrats failed to criticize the right-wing media for their serious violations of ethics, good taste and truth-telling. But …
Emergency Declared at Japanese Nuclear Plant
The Japanese government declared an “atomic power emergency” and evacuated thousands of residents living close to a nuclear plant in northern Japan after a major earthquake, but officials said …
Wisconsin Governor Rescinds Layoff Notices
Madison, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker announced on Friday that he was rescinding layoff notices for 1,500 state workers after Wisconsin lawmakers approved his plan to cut collective bargaining …
Muslim-American Terrorism Down in 2010
The number of Muslim Americans involved in terrorist threats declined in 2010 from the previous year, although you wouldn’t know that from the tone of a congressional hearing scheduled …
The Last Hurdle for Corporate Capitalism: Deunionizing America
The campaign to control private-sector union membership has been mostly successful as corporate US capitalism shifted its attention to the last hurdle to a union-free country: public-sector unions. Critical …
Military Cutbacks Won’t Fix Deficit
I am baffled by the argument that the United States can incur big savings by ending the war in Afghanistan and, more generally, by cutting bloated defense budgets. I’ve …
In Defense of NPR
Come on now: let's take a breath and put this National Public Radio (NPR) fracas into perspective. Just as public radio struggles against yet another assault from its longtime …
Richard D. Wolff | “Public Higher Education” (Video)
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the …