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Labor’s Big Election Loss
The Senate Democrats' loss of a filibuster-proof, 60-vote majority seems almost certain to doom attempts to revive the barely functioning National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the country's chief labor …
Q&A: “US Should Invest in New UN Women’s Agency“
Christine Ahn interviews Charlotte Bunch, Founder of the Center for Global Women's Leadership. San Francisco - One year after U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration, how has his administration fared …
Afghan Elections Delayed, but Even Later Date May Come Too Soon
The decision to postpone Afghan elections until September violates the Constitution. But observers agree that extra time - even more than four months - is needed to erect safeguards …
Sri Lanka: The Battle After the War
Can an election endanger democracy? Yes, if one takes seriously the alarm sounded by the main opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's forthcoming presidential election. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, former chief …
Media Matters: Fox News Volunteers for Scott Brown’s Campaign
Picking up where the network left off in 2009, Fox News jumped into its first political campaign of the year, this time setting its sights on the U.S. Senate …
Replacing International Oppression With International Aid
The outpouring of humanitarian aid from numerous nations for the suffering people of Haiti is truly extraordinary — particularly when set against the shabby record of the past.
Henry A. Giroux on His Book “Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability?“
In a Nutshell In many ways, Youth in a Suspect Society is motivated by a sense of outrage and a sense of hope. While youth have always represented an …
Ozone From the East Poisoning Air Over Western US
At the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December 2009, CO2 was at the center of everyone's attention. The United States and China, the premier planetary polluters, succeeded in laboriously reaching …
Leveling the Political and Economic Playing Field
The Supreme Court ruled last week that corporations could spend as much money as they want in elections, thereby making most existing restrictions on corporate election spending unconstitutional. This …
Nick Turse | The Drone Surge: Today, Tomorrow and 2047
One moment there was the hum of a motor in the sky above. The next, on a recent morning in Afghanistan's Helmand province, a missile blasted a home, killing …