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Because It’s Time to End the Afghanistan War… (Video)
With a war in its 10th year, it's time to end it. With violence in Afghanistan still worsening a year after the military push into Marjah—the start of what …
News in Brief: Rahm Emanuel Thrown Off Ballot in Appellate Court Decision, and More
Rahm Emanuel Thrown Off Ballot in Appellate Court Decision
Turbulence Ahead
Another year of malaise along the Atlantic. By the numbers, the great recession's long gone. The World Bank forecasts that developing countries — chugging along at an average growth …
Washington State Joins Movement for Public Banking
Bills were introduced on January 18, in both the House and Senate of the Washington State Legislature, that add Washington to the growing number of states now actively moving …
America’s Culture of Cruelty
Rather than being unspoken and unseen, violence in American life has become both visible in its pervasiveness and normalized as a central feature of dominant and popular culture.
At “Summit for the People,” Call for Action on Citizens United
According to Annabel Park, founder of the Coffee Party USA, the influence of corporations on elections is “a cancer in our political system.” Speaking by phone, she elaborates on …
Gabrielle Giffords, Violence and Responsibility
As the mainstream news networks tell us, Gabrielle Giffords continues to recover, and efforts to make sense of the shooter likewise continue apace. The usual suspects are being rounded …
Afghan Report Revives Concerns About Scrutiny of Private Security Firms
Kabul, Afghanistan - The Afghan government is putting new scrutiny on private security companies, raising concerns among Western officials that President Hamid Karzai may be accelerating efforts to push …
Deadly Blast at Moscow’s Main Airport Seen as Terror Attack
Moscow - An explosion rocked an international terminal of Moscow's busiest airport on Monday afternoon in what Russian officials described as an apparent terrorist attack. The Health Ministry reported …
Alan Grayson | What I Didn
In the run-up to the Republican House vote to repeal health care reform, I listened to the “debate.” Admittedly, at a somewhat greater distance than last time. But with …