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Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions
More than 10,000 protesters, including students, demonstrated outside the state Capitol building in Madison today, many of them carrying signs and chanting “recall Walker.” This comes one day …
Fear Not the Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman
The hysteria in American media about Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is not only ignorant and demagogic, it is hypocritical. The United States has actively promoted Muslim Brotherhood branches in other …
Bahrain Takes the Stage With a Raucous Protest
Manama, Bahrain - Hours after thousands of protesters poured into this nation’s symbolic center, Pearl Square, hundreds of people carried pro-democracy protests into a third straight day on Wednesday, …
The Strongman Steps Down
Fix the Pentagon Part I: Create an Independent Audit Agency
Today's Solution column is written by Charles Smith, a little known, retired, Army civilian employee hero, who went up against the Iraq contractor KBR on behalf of the troops …
EXCLUSIVE: David Hicks: One of Guantanamo Bay’s First Detainees Breaks His Silence
David Hicks, author of “Guantanamo: My Journey.” (Image: Random House Australia) David Hicks was the Australian drifter who, years before 9/11, converted to Islam, changed his name …
Book Excerpt: “Guantanamo: My Journey“
Everyone has an opinion on him. Now hear his story, in his words. In 1999 a young man from suburban Adelaide set out on an overseas trip that would …
Chevron Runs From Judgment in Ecuador
Chevron Petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by …
Feds Approve Monsanto Herbicide-Resistant Crops
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved plantings of three genetically engineered (GE) crops in as many weeks, including Monsanto Co.'s Roundup Ready sugar beets and alfalfa that …