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North Korea Fires at South Korea
Ghailani Conviction Sparks Another Debate Over Military Commissions
Terror suspect and former Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Ghailani was convicted on November 17 for conspiring to blow up buildings during the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Tanzania …
The Shock Doctrine Push to Gut Social Security and Middle Class
Today's Washington Post has punch two of a one-two punch. Punch one was the Simpson/Bowles “plan” to cut Social Security, cut middle-class tax breaks and programs (and dramatically cut …
Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment Benefits
According to official statistics, nearly 15 million Americans are unemployed. Between 2 and 4 million of them are expected to exhaust their state unemployment insurance benefits between now and …
When Slogans Attack: US Policy Under Siege
I am a bit shocked that so many people around the world are comparing the United States Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program to China’s currency manipulation. While America’s policy …
New Poll Undercuts GOP Claims of a Midterm Mandate
Washington - A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from …
America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan
Also See: Jeremy Scahill:| Not the Taliban Leader You’re Looing For (Video) At the end of the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, the leadership of the Afghan …
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on “Countdown” With Keith Olbermann (Video)
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on “Countdown” With Keith Olbermann, Part 1
David Sirota | To Deter Crime, Get Tough on Wall Street
Often, the most provocative ideas arise after swigs of whiskey. This is especially true when a Rolling Stone reporter is around — and, as I recently learned, it's all …
Eugene Robinson | Why Granny Gets Searched
Washington - It's hard to love the Transportation Security Administration, especially now that airport personnel seem so intent on touching people's junk. But the TSA's job isn't to be …