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Another Jobless Benefits Fight Looms in Congress
Washington - Congress is braced for a new, unpredictable battle this week over whether to fund more aid for jobless workers as an estimated 1.2 million people face having …
McChrystal Calls Marjah a “Bleeding Ulcer” in Afghan Campaign
Marjah, Afghanistan - Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top allied military commander in Afghanistan, sat gazing at maps of Marjah as a Marine battalion commander asked him for more …
Give Some Answers, Dr. Paul
Washington - Not so fast, everybody. Rand Paul can't abruptly disavow the extremist views on civil rights that he's been espousing for years and expect us all to just …
The Greeks Get It
Here's to the Greeks. They know what to do when corporations pillage and loot their country. They know what to do when Goldman Sachs and international bankers collude with …
McChrystal Strategy Shifts to Raids – and Wali Karzai
Washington - Gen. Stanley McChrystal's team once talked openly about the need to remove Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother and the most powerful man in Kandahar, …
How Bad Is Gulf Oil Spill? A Global Q&A on Offshore Oil Spills
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has put a spotlight on the dangerous world of offshore oil drilling. With a well spewing thousands of barrels of crude (estimates range from …
Spaceship Earth: Navigators Wanted
Forty-one years ago, Buckminster Fuller published his “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth: A Bold Blueprint for Survival that Diagnoses the Causes of the Environmental Crisis.” In it, he claimed …
Rep Alan Grayson Introduces the War Is Making You Poor Act
Rep. Alan Grayson Introduces the War Is Making You Poor Act (Video)
When the Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow
Many are familiar with the adage, “When the people lead, the leaders will follow.” But what happens when people enable leaders to follow the dictates of the powerful? These …