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Still Homeless From Haiti Earthquake, Thousands Fight Forced Evictions
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Tens of thousands of Haitians risk becoming homeless for a second time, as weary landowners clear their properties of makeshift refugee camps in order to build …
Rick Wolff | Austerity: Why and for Whom?
Clearly, the global capitalist crisis that started in 2007 will be neither short nor shallow. The government rescue of the US financial industry pumped enough extra money into …
Froma Harrop | How Much Cyber-Parenting Must Schools Do?
A boy has apparently sent filthy text messages to your daughter over the weekend. Both are sixth-graders at the same school. You, the girl's father, coach sports with the …
Michael Hirsh | Al Franken Gets Serious
The funnyman turned freshman senator has quietly made himself a force to be reckoned with in Washington.
Eugene Robinson | Fiddling While Economy Burns
Washington - The good news is that unemployment has fallen to “only” 9.5 percent. The bad news is that the jobless rate is down only because so many people …
With Obama Meeting Tuesday, Israel Eases Gaza Blockade
Jerusalem - Israel on Monday announced a major change in the way it will manage the country's controversial blockade of the Gaza Strip, a move Israeli officials hope will …
Clinton, Obama Stand Up for Civil Liberties and Worker’s Rights … in China and Ethiopia
Finally, a politician has stood up and boldly denounced the creeping fascism that is gradually crushing democracy and political activism. Not mincing her words, or trying to justify the …
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Dangerous Cost Cuts at Alyeska Pipeline: “Yet Another Example of How BP Runs Things“
Over the past several months, Alyeska Pipeline and the company's Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Hostler, have been under intense scrutiny by a Congressional oversight committee and an independent investigator, …
Freedom in the Grace of the World (2)
Earl Shaffer, adrift after serving in the South Pacific in World War II and struggling with the loss of his childhood friend Walter Winemiller during the assault on Iwo …
Freedom in the Grace of the World
Earl Shaffer, adrift after serving in the South Pacific in World War II and struggling with the loss of his childhood friend Walter Winemiller during the assault on Iwo …