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US Government Report Argues for Police Force for American Interventions Overseas
President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday that the US combat mission in Iraq is officially over may give some Americans hope that US foreign policy may become less invasive and …
Lambasting the GOP, Obama Proposes $50 Billion for Roads, Rails and Runways
Washington - President Barack Obama Monday proposed a quick $50 billion boost in federal spending to rebuild roads, railways and runways — a move he said will create jobs …
France and the Travelers: “They Are Channeling Social Anger by Offering It an Outlet“
Police violence, discourse on “security”, and xenophobia: the war declared by the government against the Roms and the gens du voyage[1] has unleashed wide-spread indignation. The philosopher Grégoire Chamayou …
“They Kill Alex“
Carlos Arredondo, a native Costa Rican, stands in a parking lot of a Holiday Inn in Portland, Maine, next to his green Nissan pickup truck. The truck, its tailgate …
Eugene Robinson | Barbour’s Generation Gap
Washinton - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who may seek the Republican nomination for president, is trying to sell the biggest load of revisionist nonsense about race, politics and the …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | On Missing Big Labor
Washington - Watching the great civil rights march on television in August 1963, I couldn't help but notice that hundreds carried signs with a strange legend at the top: …
Trumka: “Most Crucial Election in 75 Years“
Labor and Democratic Party leaders are concerned - and rightly so - that labor's rank and file may not turn out in November to support labor-friendly Democrats in the …
Biometric Identification for India’s 1.2 Billion People Raises Privacy Concerns
New Delhi - Fears about loss of privacy are being voiced as India gears up to launch an ambitious scheme to biometrically identify and number each of its 1.2 …
Redeployment to Iraq Continues, but Not Without a Fight
Despite the president's pledge to end the war in Iraq within the month, one regiment awaits its redeployment and inspires a call to action. While addressing the …
Activists Protest Against Racism, Xenophobia Across France (Photo Essay)
Tempestuous French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been in a tailspin in the polls in recent months and his turbulent way of trying to snap out of it was to …