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No Tea Party: Glitzy GOP Fundraiser Kicks Off New Congress
Washington - An incoming California Republican congressman made a fundraising splash even before his Wednesday swearing-in, though his glitzy event wasn't to everyone's taste. For $2,500 a ticket, lobbyists …
The Silent Killer That Continues to Claim Children
Nairobi, Kenya - Medical experts have warned that malaria and HIV have monopolised interventions geared towards curbing child mortality in Kenya, thus ignoring the equally deadly killer, diarrhoea. This …
This Modern World: The Very Wealthy Man (an Innocent Parable)
2010 Recap: Food, Agriculture, and Justice
Progressive media outlets have been busy providing an end of the year retrospective on the most notable events and issues that carried the headlines in 2010. Many news services …
Ruth Marcus | Filibuster This Plan
Washington - The junior Democratic senators are fed up, understandably so, with the institution's glacial pace. Liberal activists are demanding filibuster reform — now. They should be careful what …
A New Year’s Reflection on Immigration
It was one hundred years ago, that my father's oldest brother crossed a continent and an ocean to come to America. Habib Rashid Zogby, fourteen at the time, made …
Jim Hightower | Playing With Economic Dynamite
By gollies, America is still an exporting powerhouse. In fact, the good ol' U.S.A. is No. 1 in the world in exports! Our corporate leaders, backed by Republicans and …
After New START: Where Does Nuclear Disarmament Go From Here?
With U.S. Senate ratification of the New START treaty on December 22, supporters of nuclear disarmament won an important victory. Signed by President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry …
House Republicans Schedule Health Care Repeal Vote for Next Week
House Republicans announced Monday that they would vote to repeal President Obama's health care overhaul on January 12. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), the incoming House Majority Leader, made the …
In the Twilight of the Social State: Rethinking Walter Benjamin’s Angel of History
We no longer live in an age in which history's “winged messengers” bear witness to the suffering of millions.