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Olbermann’s Support for South Dakota Tribe Points Way to More Inclusive Indian Country Coverage
All it took was a one-minute commentary. On February 9, 2010, Keith Olbermann told his viewers about a humanitarian crisis affecting 50,000 people. It was so bad, college basketball …
William J. Astore | Remembering Generosity and Commitment This Veterans Day
When I was a young captain at the Air Force Academy, I had the honor of escorting two general officers, Lieutenant General Devol “Rock” Brett and Brigadier General Robinson …
Missing Dimensions for the G-20 in Seoul: Hamlet Without the Prince of Growth
Part of a Triple Crisis series leading up to the Nov. 11-12 G-20 meetings. Triple Crisis is pleased to welcome Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones, Director of the Financial Markets Program …
Temporary Extension of Bush-Era Tax Cuts Gaining Momentum
Washington - The Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire on Dec. 31 are expected to be extended temporarily by the lameduck Congress, with a two-year extension the …
E. J. Dionne, Jr. | Do Only Conservative Victories Count?
Washington - In 2008, the largest number of voters in American history gave the Democrats their largest share of the presidential vote in 44 years and big majorities in …
The Things That Come Apart in War
Julian Assange's Wikileaks of many thousands of secret documents will go down in history as courageous and heroic – like Daniel Ellsberg's release of the Secret Pentagon Papers during …
Cheaper Than People
“Beep, beep!” I turned around in the hospital corridor and faced a kind of traveling file cabinet molded out of plastic. No one pushed it. Two lights flashed on …
Esther J. Cepeda | Nothing Happy About Obesity (2)
Chicago - Happy Meals in San Francisco are about to become a little less happy, and my smile has been super-sized. Not because I don't love Happy Meals. On …
White House Fiscal Commission Proposes Contentious Budget Cuts
Erskine Bowles and former Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, today released their draft proposal for reducing the country's budget deficit. The …
Robert Scheer | The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless
It takes a Harvard MBA to raze an economy. Perhaps that is too narrow a judgment given that a law degree from that institution or from Yale University seems …