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Meet Newly Elected RNC Chair Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus just became the 65th Chairman of the RNC by garnering 97 votes in the seventh round of voting. After the fourth vote, Michael Steele dropped out of …
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Evidence of an American Plutocracy: the Larry Summers Story
“So here is the evidence for an American plutocracy of a narrow and discrete but hardly harmless sort. Wall Street seduced the economics profession not through overt corruption, but …
Opponents to Fracking Disclosure Take Big Money From Industry
Congress isn’t going to regulate hydraulic fracturing any time soon. But the Department of Interior might. For starters, Interior is mulling whether it should require drilling companies to disclose …
Bradley Manning and GI Resistance to US War Crimes
Independent journalist Dahr Jamail spent nine months reporting directly from Iraq, where he followed the US invasion in 2003. His stories have been published by Inter Press Service, Truthout, …
Israel’s Deadly Tear Gas Made in USA
The Israeli peace movement is coming back to life, and it's a very courteous movement indeed. When activists find objects marked “Made in USA” lying on the ground, they …
The Fed Has Spoken: No Bailout for Main Street
The Federal Reserve was set up by bankers, for bankers, and it has served them well. Out of the blue, the Fed came up with $12.3 trillion in nearly …
Bradley Manning and the Rule of Law
The case of Pvt. Bradley Manning raises legal issues about his pre-trial detention, freedom of speech and the press, as well as proving his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. …
Matthew Hoh and Ann Jones: Real Peace for Afghanistan
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US Sends Ambassador to Syria For the First Time in Six Years
Beirut, Lebanon - After nearly a six-year frost in US-Syrian diplomatic relations, newly appointed American ambassador Robert Ford is scheduled to arrive tomorrow in Damascus, where he will face …