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Eugene Robinson | Will Need Translate to Votes?
Washington - At a high-spirited rally in Philadelphia on Sunday, President Obama challenged the mostly black crowd to defy pundits who purvey the conventional wisdom. "They think, 'Oh, well, …
Reconsidering Columbus Day Campaign Suggests Honoring Indigenous People’s History Instead
The best-selling “People’s History of the United States” by the late people’s historian Howard Zinn begins with a story about the Arawak men and women of the Bahama Islands …
Immigration Hawks Complain About 1,200 National Guard
Since the beginning of August 1,500 National Guard have been stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border to provide added support to the thousands of Border Patrol agents already patrolling the …
Obama Pushes Infrastructure Plan to Create Jobs (2)
Washington - With the weak economy driving voter discontent three weeks out from congressional and state elections, President Barack Obama Monday renewed his call to spend an additional $50 …
French Labor Activism, US Labor Passivism
US workers suffered a major rise in unemployment from its level in 2008 (5.8 percent) to its level in the second quarter of 2010 (9.7 percent). By comparison, French …
Anti-Choicers Pour Millions Into “Abortion” Misinformation Campaigns
The number one mistake anyone can make when dealing with anti-choice activists is to take them at their word. Believing that they’re in this strictly because abortion itself offends …
Obama Pushes Infrastructure Plan to Create Jobs
Washington - With the weak economy driving voter discontent three weeks out from congressional and state elections, President Barack Obama Monday renewed his call to spend an additional $50 …
Serbia: Ten Years Later (2)
Tuesday, October 5, marked the tenth anniversary of the overthrow of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, the infamous “butcher of the Balkans.” Despite lingering problems, Serbs appear to be more …
Fed Nominee Whom Senator Shelby Deemed Too Unqualified to Confirm Wins Nobel Prize
Earlier today, Federal Reserve Board nominee Peter Diamond won the Nobel Prize in Economics along with two of his colleagues. Yet, despite the fact that President Obama nominated this …
Jellyfish Revenge
Summer was officially over last month and it was some summer in the Greater New York Area: record hot and a summer - and this is related - in …