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Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail
The speeches were over. There was a mournful harmonica rendition of taps. The 500 protesters in Lafayette Park in front of the White House fell silent. One hundred and …
Pentagon Health Plan Won’t Cover Brain-Damage Therapy for Troops
Versions of this story were co-published with NPR [1] and Stars and Stripes [2]. For more coverage, listen to NPR's All Things Considered [3] starting today at 4 p.m.
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Why Progressives Need CEOS – Really
Washington - The central question in our politics is whether we can break out of formulaic discussions that always end up in the same place. Here's one major test: …
The Military-Industrial Complex Complains
Sens. Joe Lieberman (Left) and Diane Feinstein (Right) with the publisher/founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange (Center).
Dean Baker | Saving Social Security: Stopping Obama’s Next Bad Deal
President Obama insists that he is a really bad negotiator, therefore, the deal he got on the two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts and the one-year extension of …
Richard D. Wolff | US Tax Deal Brings Austerity Closer
Once again, the two old wings of the political establishment do business as usual in Washington. In the tax deal between Obama and the Republicans — passed with the …
Ex-Guantanamo Official Was Told Not to Discuss Policy Surrounding Antimalarial Drug Used on Detainees
Military officials were instructed not to publicly discuss a decision made in January 2002 to presumptively treat all Guantanamo detainees with a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug …
Gulf Oil Spill: Deep Water Cleanup Still Needed?
Chicago - A report released Thursday specifies that there is not enough oil remaining near the Macondo wellhead to warrant continued cleanup operations in the deepwater region of the …
William J. Astore | No More Afghanistans
In grappling with Afghanistan, President Obama and his team of national security advisors reveal a tendency all too common within the Washington beltway: privileging fleeting and reversible signs of …
Max Blumenthal | The Great Islamophobic Crusade
Nine years after 9/11, hysteria about Muslims in American life has gripped the country. With it has gone an outburst of arson attacks on mosques, campaigns to stop their …