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Alexander Cockburn | Kooksville – There and Back
Memo to Christine O'Donnell, the Sarah Palin of 2010, target of a thousand vulgar jokes on the talk shows, now desperately taking out ads in the state of Delaware, …
How Hank Paulson’s Inaction Helped Goldman Sachs
Washington - Henry Paulson has received widespread acclaim for his bare-knuckled decision-making as the treasury secretary at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, but former federal regulators say …
You May Say I’m a Dreamer: Happy Birthday, John Lennon
Three decades after John Lennon’s death, the world continues to mourn the loss of a musical genius and one of the strongest voices for global peace. Lennon …
IMF Leaves Question Unresolved: Can World Avert Harmful “Currency War”?
World financial leaders agree on the problem. They just don't have a ready solution to the risk that the global economic recovery will be undermined by nationalistic elbowing over …
Global Doors Slam Shut on Immigrants
Tultitlan, Mexico - In this town of 800,000, illegal immigrants beg in the middle of streets and linger along the railway tracks that clack incessantly with boxcars ferrying food …
Tea Party Leaders Are Not Anti-Establishment
“What happened to the country that loved the underdog and stood up for the little guy?” -Glenn Beck, “We Surround Them”, 3/12/2009
Tea Stained: The Tea Party and Its Claims to Feminism
It all started with Sarah Palin. Or did it? Maybe it started a few months earlier, when Hillary Clinton downed a shot of whiskey and made some offhand, wrong-footed …
Raids on Activists May Indicate FBI Abuse of Power
On the heels of a series of FBI raids on anti-war activists, an FBI whistleblower and constitutional rights groups are calling out the agency for overstepping its bounds, fearing …
Zimbabwe: Prime Minister Denounces Mugabe
Boston - Voicing “disgust” with President Robert Mugabe for his “betrayal” of Zimbabwe’s coalition government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Thursday announced his MDC party will not recognize a string …
Ten Ways to Celebrate 10/10/10
On Sunday, at over 7,000 events in 188 countries, people will be getting to work to stop catastrophic climate change—and calling on their leaders to do the same. Click …