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Ten Things WikiLeaks Documents Reveal: We’re Playing the Fool in Afghanistan
Perhaps the most predictable as well as the most maddening headline to emerge from the latest WikiLeaks controversy is this one from the Washington Post: "WikiLeaks Disclosures Unlikely to …
Carlos Alberto Torres – Free, After a Fashion, at Last
History is generally written by the victors. Thus, the American Revolution is recorded as a just struggle for liberation by colonies formerly subject to the whim of the despotic …
Philly Knows Better: Republican Scam Machine Again Tries to Smear Obama and Black Activists as Racists
Yet another Republican attack charging “reverse racism” is in play, this one datelined Philadelphia. The usual suspects – right-wing operatives, conservative media commentators and GOP Congressmen – are portraying …
News in Brief: Wikileaks Founder Assange: “There Appears To Be Evidence of War Crimes” and More . . .
Following the release of nearly 92,000 classified documents about the war in Afghanistan on Wikileaks, its founder Julian Assange said the papers contain evidence of war crimes, and called …
News in Brief: WikiLeaks Founder Assange: “There Appears to Be Evidence of War Crimes,” and More
Following the release of nearly 92,000 classified documents about the war in Afghanistan on WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange said the papers contain evidence of war crimes, and called …
Robert Reich | The Great Decoupling of Corporate Profits From Jobs
Second-quarter earnings reports are coming in, and they’re making Wall Street smile. Corporate profits are up. And big American companies are sitting on a gigantic pile of money. The …
India’s Television Overrun by Rush Limbaugh-Style Conservatives
New Delhi, India - Dressed in a long, orange kurta, orange pajamas and a bright orange turban, Swami Agnivesh looks every bit the haranguing fanatic. But India's latest televangelist …
Why WikiLeaks’ “War Logs” Are No Pentagon Papers
The WikiLeaks documents on the Afghanistan war have brought suggestions such as this one (from The New York Times, the newspaper that published both) that they represent "the Pentagon …
I Understand Shirley Sherrod
As an Arab-American, I can empathize with Shirley Sherrod, the Georgia Department of Agriculture official who, last week, after being falsely accused of making anti-white racist comments, was forced …
Zach Carter | Why Are Unemployment Benefits a Major Political Fight? (3)
Congress finally authorized an extension of unemployment benefits on Wednesday, providing a critical lifeline to families across the country and an absolutely essential boost to the economy. But with …