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Central Bankers, Politicized
(Source: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, has crossed the line by acting as cheerleader for the …
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Gaddafi Makes Little Headway in Assault on Libyan Rebels
Benghazi, Libya - Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces appeared to make little headway in a concerted assault on rebels in several cities around the country and in a sustained attack …
Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital
On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the Capitol building of hundreds of peaceful protesters who have been occupying the …
US Moves Ships, Aircraft as Libya Fighting Rages
Benghazi, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi came under intensified international pressure Monday to halt attacks on anti-regime protesters, with the Pentagon dispatching ships and aircraft to the Mediterranean Sea and …
“Story of Citizens United v. FEC”
(Image: The Story of Stuff Project) Washington, DC - The crisis of corporate influence over American democracy is the latest subject of award-winning Internet filmmaker, Annie …
Simon Johnson | Disinformation About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
In Washington, before lobbyists try hard to destroy something, they first spread a great deal of disinformation about it. Thus the “End Users’ Coalition” (a front for the derivatives …
“The Story of Citizens United v. FEC“
Washington, DC - The crisis of corporate influence over American democracy is the latest subject of award-winning Internet filmmaker, Annie Leonard, who, on March 1, released "The Story of …
The Liberal Media Strikes Again
If I hear one more person talk about the “liberal media” in America, I will probably vomit on them.
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Protesters in Yemen Return to Streets
Sana, Yemen - As thousands of demonstrators for and against President Ali Abdullah Saleh took to the streets on Tuesday, a cleric accused by the United States of having …