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Tunisia Under State of Emergency After Government Falls
A wave of street protests, unlike anything the Arab world has seen since Lebanon's Cedar Revolution in 2005, has caused Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to dismiss …
Robert Borosage | Big Bank Bailout Redux
Central to the Tea Party revolt was a fierce reaction against the bailout of the big banks. Will the Republican Congress now spit that sentiment in the eye and …
John Pilger’s Investigation Into the War on WikiLeaks and His Interview With Julian Assange
The attacks on WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are a response to an information revolution that threatens old power orders in politics and journalism. The incitement to murder …
News in Brief: New Gun Control Legislation Unlikely, and More
New Gun Control Legislation Unlikely
What Eisenhower Got Wrong
Fifty years ago this Monday, President Dwight Eisenhower gave a farewell address in which he famously warned of the dangers of influence on our government by the "military industrial …
With Obama’s Tucson Speech, His Presidency Turns a Corner
Washington - There are moments that define a presidency, and Barack Obama's speech Wednesday night to a memorial service for Arizona shooting victims may be one. First in a …
Mexico Drug War Death Toll Up 60 Percent in 2010. Why?
Mexico City - Four years after taking on Mexico’s drug traffickers by deploying some 50,000 military and federal forces, President Felipe Calderón is touting successes, including taking down top …
The Sticky Truth About Oil Spills and Tar Sands
The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week. The report laid out the blame for the spill, tagging each of the …
US to End Its Search for the “God Particle“
For nearly three decades, the United States has hosted the world's most powerful particle collider – a critical tool scientists use to probe the nature of matter and the …
Poll: Obama Rebounding, Would Beat GOP Rivals, Crush Palin
Washington - President Barack Obama has bounced back from his low point after November's elections and enjoys stronger support heading into the 2012 election cycle, particularly against Sarah Palin, …