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Power Outages Dim Future of Gaza Refugees
At night in Gaza, the narrow alleyways of the refugee camps echo loudly with clatter amidst the darkness. The clatter is the sound of small generators. Families in the …
Army Secretary Backtracks on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal
Backtracking on an earlier statement regarding the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy, Army Secretary John McHugh warned openly gay soldiers that they could still be discharged from the …
Dr. King’s Economic Dream Deferred
Forty-two years ago, on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee. To those of us who were alive then, the images …
Not Satisfied with US History, Some Conservatives Rewrite It
Washington - The right is rewriting history. The most ballyhooed effort is under way in Texas, where conservatives have pushed the state school board to rewrite guidelines, downplaying Thomas …
Meet the Toxic 100 Corporate Air Polluters
Amherst, MA - Researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today released the Toxic 100 Air Polluters, an updated list of the …
GRITtv: Creative Movements for Change in Palestine
This week was the 34th anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, and also a day for awareness of the growing boycott, divestment, sanctions movement. Land Day commemorates the deaths of …
Economy Adds 162,000 Jobs in March, Unemployment Steady
Nominal wages fell for just the sixth time since 1964.
Part II: CIA Seeks to Influence Opinion on Wars
The CIA Red Cell recommendations for influencing the European public into continuing their support for the mission in Afghanistan was quite remarkable. But the reality is that the contents …
Rubber Soul: Iraq Veteran Turns to Running to Heal Brain Injury
Ever since Eric Keller returned from serving in Iraq, he has faced one challenge after another. One doctor told him he had a stroke and that he might be …
Mentally Ill Immigrants Neglected in Detention System
A new report finds the care of mentally disabled immigrants in the detention system sorely lacking, leading to neglect and miscarriages of justice throughout the adjudication, detention, release and …