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Wall Street Fat-Cats Flip Public Service Workers the Bird (Video)
The wealthy right wing have always liked to pick on the working class. And now Wall Street wants to blame Main Street for the financial crisis our country is …
Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire
Words matter, as candidate Barack Obama said in the 2008 election campaign. What to make, then, of President Obama’s pep talk last month to U.S. troops in Afghanistan in …
In 2011, Birthright Citizenship in the Crosshairs
Yesterday, a coalition of anti-immigrant lawmakers from 14 states unveiled their much-anticipated birthright citizenship bill. The measure would thwart the 14th Amendment by denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children …
News in Brief: US Spending on Afghan War Highest to Date, and More …
US Spending on Afghan War Highest to Date
Crackdown on Organized Labor: States Call for Wage And Benefits Cuts, Urge Laws to Curb Union Influence (Video)
In states across the country, elected officials and right-wing pundits are calling not just for cuts to wages and benefits in the name of austerity, but even proposing laws …
Freer, Messier, Happier: What Happy Families Know
In 1946, when my grandfather mustered out of the army and married my grandmother, he set up what looked like the ideal family at the time. His wife quit …
Radio Interview With Henry A. Giroux
Steve Lendman interviews Henry Giroux. Dr. Giroux holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His books include “The University in Chains,” "Against the …
Opium Production in Afghanistan: Strong and Corrupt as Ever
Efforts by the United Nations (UN), the US military and the Indian government to curb opium production in Afghanistan since 2007 have been largely ineffective, due in large part …
Why Is Jeff Sessions Blocking A Child Sex Trafficking Bill?
In the waning days of the lame duck session, the Senate had the opportunity to pass the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act.
Figuring Out What a Dollar Is Worth
There’s a lot to be said about the recent attack by conservatives on the Federal Reserve, though none of it is good. Representative Ron Paul of Texas will head …