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Mere Hours Left to Save Net Neutrality
I don't want to be overly dramatic here, but there are just hours left to save the Internet.
Edgy Europe Wonders: Who Will Be Next?
I’ve recently been reading online posts by Kevin O’Rourke, watching with astonishment and admiration as the mild-mannered economic historian has become Isaiah, righteously denouncing what has been passing for …
News in Brief: Free Speech Radio Faces Closure, and More
Free Speech Radio Faces Closure
Guatemala: Forgotten Promises Leave Indigenous Peoples Poorer and Hungrier
Guatemala City - Nearly three years into President Álvaro Colom's four-year term, Guatemala's indigenous people have seen little improvement in their lives — and they represent approximately half the …
Kosovo Election Results Delayed by Irregularities
Paris - Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaci, claimed victory in the first self-held parliamentary elections in the two-year-old state, which still seeks United Nations membership. But voting irregularities – …
Electoral Crisis in Haiti Deepens
The start of Haiti's most recent crisis came with ample warning. Most Port-au-Prince residents scurried to their homes mid-afternoon last Tuesday, certain of the violence and chaos which would …
What Bernie Said, Part I
At the time of this writing, legislation to formalize the tax deal between President Obama and congressional Republicans cleared cloture by a large margin, and looked ready to sail …
Sen. Sanders Electrifies the Left on Tax Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a self-described socialist who caucuses with the Democrats, became a folk hero to progressives when he took to the floor of the Senate for nearly …
Democratic Argument for Extending the Bush Tax Cuts Insults our Intelligence
The Democratic argument for approving the rancid “compromise” reached between President Obama and his GOP “hostage-takers,” which would extend the outrageous Bush tax-cuts for another two years, is that …
UK Court Grants WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Bail
Julian Assange was granted bail today in the UK, which will allow him to leave jail on the condition that he surrenders his passport and wears an electronic tracking …