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Obama Right and Wrong About Arizona Law
Obama was right to criticize Arizona for passing the highly controversial Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act (SB 1070). He was right, too, in underscoring the federal …
Israeli Settlers Step Up Attacks on Palestinian Mosques
Lubban Ash Sharqiya, West Bank - "There is immense anger as well as a feeling of vulnerability and fear when a place of sanctuary and holiness is subject to …
Afghan Peace Meeting Hangs in Balance of Karzai-Obama Visit
If Karzai comes home empty-handed from Washington meeting, he could easily turn Peace Jirga against Americans. Kabul, Afghanistan - As Afghan President Hamid Karzai goes off to Washington for …
Making a Difference Makes You Happy
A series of studies find that activism brings pleasant emotions, greater life satisfaction, and more experiences of freedom, competence, and connection to others. Democracy depends on the time, energy, …
Greek Resistance
In this Europe of free competition it’s not the Greek soldier we’re saving but profit rates. The Greek people are rising up. They are calling for solidarity. It’s a …
News in Brief: Another Global Bailout, Video of the Underwater Oil Leak and More
Central banks across the globe are joining forces to support a much larger rescue package for Greece. The news of the rescue seems to have calmed jittery investors and …
Loose Lips on Iran Can Sink America
The omnipresent World War II-era posters with the words "Loose Lips Sink Ships" served as a warning to members of the U.S. military to take heed lest they divulge …
Kagan Will Move Supreme Court to the Right
President Barack Obama has chosen Elena Kagan to fill the vacancy left by Justice John Paul Stevens' retirement. Sadly, Kagan cannot fill Justice Stevens' mighty shoes. As the Rehnquist …
Prison Guards Accused of Cruelty, Racism
First of Two Parts Jason Brannigan's eyes widened as he relived the day he says prison guards pepper-sprayed his face at point-blank range, then pulled him through the cellblock …
Since Spill, Feds Have Given 27 Waivers to Oil Companies in Gulf
Washington - Since the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded on April 20, the Obama administration has granted oil and gas companies at least 27 exemptions from doing in-depth …