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Weekly Diaspora: White House Likely to Sue Over Arizona’s Racial Profiling Law
Hope for a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year has fallen by the wayside, but the Obama administration israllying for one last hurrah before mid-term elections in November. Late …

These Empty Spaces
My purpose in this life is to chronicle the events of our time, to shine a light on events and actions that damage us all, to reveal good works …

“Americans Don’t Flinch” – They Duck!
In accepting General McChrystal's resignation, President Obama said that McChrystal's departure represented a change in personnel, not a change in policy. "Americans don't flinch in the face of difficult …

America Detached From War
Admittedly, before George W. Bush had his fever dream, the U.S. had already put its first unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drone surveillance planes in the skies over Kosovo …

Arun Gupta | The Victim That Is Israel
Amid the continuing fallout over the deadly confrontation aboard the Gaza aid ship, Mavi Marmara, there is a critical historical lesson: There is only one real victim, and that …

US Social Forum Kicks Off With Domestic Workers Coming Out of the Shadows
Joycelyn Gill-Campbell did everything her duty as a housekeeper and nanny for her employers, a couple and their one child in New York, demanded. She wore the traditional white …

News in Brief: June the Deadliest Month for Soldiers in Afghanistan, and More
June has been the deadliest month for NATO soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, The Washington Post reports. At least 79 NATO troops have died in the US-led war so far …

Stone’s “Border” Shows Fall of South America’s Berlin Wall
On April 13, 2002, an event occurred in Venezuela which was as world historical for South America as the fall of the Berlin Wall was for Eastern Europe: a …

A Requiem for Detroit?
The new documentary, Requiem for Detroit?, aired March 13, 2010 on BBC2. But I didn’t view it until last week when I received the DVD (with a thank you …

Sarah Anderson | It’s Time We Taxed Financial Gambling
Remember the May 6 stock market “flash crash,” when the Dow plummeted nearly 1,000 points in less than an hour? The experts are still scratching their heads over the …