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Amid Haitian Housing Crisis, Student Calls for Dialogue
Carine Exantus is a 22-year-old university student majoring in social communications. She lost her home, aunt and cousin in the earthquake of January 12. In "You Need to Hear …

A Message From William Rivers Pitt
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Alexander Zaitchik and Rick Perlstein: Whither Glenn Beck?
More GRITtvGlenn Beck might not have a lot of advertisers left, but he's got a lot of viewers still. And the Obama administration recently showed off just how terrified …

Alexander Zaitchik and Rick Perlstein: Whither Glenn Beck? (2)
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Formalizing Israel
Time is running out for Israel. And the Israeli government knows it. The Jewish Diaspora, especially the young, has a waning emotional and ideological investment in Israel. The demographic …

Cancer Surge Getting Short Shrift in Developing World
New York - Although long treated as a problem exclusive to high-income and developed countries, cancer is also a major cause of mortality in the developing world. A group …

PRI Begins Its Ascent to Power as a Perplexed US Looks for Formula to Bring Down Mexican Drug Syndicates
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) dominated Mexico’s politics with one-party rule for most of the 20th century, corrupting the country’s law enforcement and judiciary institutions. Today, President Felipe CalderĂłn …

Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil
The rampant use of toxic dispersants, out-of-state private contractors being brought in to spray them and US Coast Guard complicity are common stories now in the four states most …

Feasibility of a Goldman Sachs Boycott
A free market and democracy are pretty much the same thing, we are told, because markets enfranchise consumers in ways the ballot box cannot. Milton Friedman – the Libertarian …

Gingrich, Bolton, Breitbart Team Up With Far-Right Muslim-Basher Geert Wilders for 9/11 Rally
The right-wing group Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) has announced that it will be hosting a rally against the proposed Cordoba House Islamic community center on September 11.