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The Burden of Record-Breaking Deportations
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week that it had broken its own record for deportations, affirming the Obama administration’s zeal for heavy-handed immigration enforcement. According to …
Joe Conason | Generation of Termites
When American politicians talk about the legacy we are leaving to the next generation, their usual theme is financial deficits, as if there were no other kind. Figured on …
Power Play: Reversing the Recession
Since the onset of the recession in 2008, the number of unemployed American women has risen by 2.8 million. This has substantial implications for American families, since one in …
News Corporation Shareholders Rebel Against Company’s Political Donations
In August, News Corporation - the media company owned by right-wing tycoon Rupert Murdoch and the operator of Fox News - gave $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. …
Nuclear Watchdog Groups Say Corners Cut on Fire Safety
Washington - Nuclear watchdog groups say that an internal report by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on fire safety at nuclear plants shows that regulators don't have enough information to …
Why Is the White House Against Freezing Foreclosures in the Face of Rampant Fraud?
At first, there was a deafening silence from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on the foreclosure front. It was as if they: 1) didn’t read …
Marjorie Cohn | Israel Raid on Gaza Flotilla: US Failure to Condemn Despite UN Findings
On May 31, the Israeli military attacked a flotilla of ships in International waters. The vessels were carrying humanitarian supplies to the people in the Gaza Strip, who suffer …
In Mexico, Sex Trafficking Accelerates as Drug War Rages
The “War on Drugs” as viewed in Mexico and the U.S. is changing. No longer are President Felipe Calderón, the police, and Mexican military forces fighting just drug trafficking; …
Brazil
Folha de Sao Paulo, Brazil - In Brazil, as in the United States, most people do not vote for a president on the basis of foreign policy issues. Yet …
California’s Perfect Storm
The United States today faces an economic crisis worse than any since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Nowhere is it sharper than in the nation’s schools. It’s no …