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Regime Change in Tehran? Don’t Bet on It
The dramatic images of protestors in Iran fearlessly facing — and sometimes countering — the brutal attacks of the regime's security forces rightly gain the admiration and sympathy of …
Canada No Longer a Haven for War Resisters
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is determined to send back the some 200 American asylum-seekers who have fled the Iraq war. Toronto, Canada - Canada has long been a haven …
HAITI EARTHQUAKE LIVE BLOG: Who to Follow and What to Read for Breaking Developments
Here is the link to Thursday's live blog. Please check the page regularly for updates. 7:45am PDT: The BBC has a disturbing first hand video report from a hospital …
The Geology Underlying the Devastating Haiti Earthquake
The same earthquake fault that lies under Haiti also runs through the Dominican Republic. Geologists warn that the Haiti quake – at the Enriquilla-Plantain Garden Fault – may have …
Impassioned Pleas Dominate Opening of California’s Same-Sex Marriage Trial
On the first day of a landmark federal trial concerning the right of same-sex couples to marry, David Boies, the high-profile constitutional attorney representing Proposition 8 challengers, opened the …
My Crazy Trip to a Goldman Sachs Executive’s Brazilian Slave Plantation, or Why We Need a Special Prosecutor
I have made friends with a lot of people in my life. But as working-class kid from Pittsburgh, perhaps my most unusual friendship was with a Goldman Sachs executive, …
Activists Worried About “Secret” Internet Treaty
Mexico City - An international treaty to combat copyright infringement and piracy, being negotiated by Mexico and other countries, could curtail expansion of the internet, violate people's rights to …
Three Holy Wars
The Progressive 100th Anniversary Speech in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Matt Rothschild: For all his fame he's more humble, or as I told him once, he fakes it …
Sailing a Liferaft Into Gaza
As I write this, I am still in Cairo. The Gaza Freedom March is officially over - most delegates flew home January 3-5. There are about 30 of us …
Lobbyists Aided Alaska’s Murkowski in Writing EPA Limits Bill
Washington - Two lobbyists had a hand in writing language proposed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that could curtail the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate major emitters of greenhouse …