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Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations to Poor Countries for the Climate Crisis
With the Copenhagen climate summit in two weeks, best-selling journalist Naomi Klein examines the grass-roots movement behind the climate debate proposal that argues all the costs associated with adapting …
Should We Defend Undocumented Workers?
One winter morning in 1996, Border Patrol agents charged into a Los Angeles street-corner clinic where 40 day laborers had lined up to be tested for AIDS. One worker, …
Senate Health Care Bill About to Enter a Political Minefield
Washington - The Senate is ready to begin a volatile, high-stakes health care debate that's sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most …
Realities Collide at Halifax “War Conference“
Halifax, Canada - While the world's top military elites gather inside a fortified hotel to discuss NATO's future, protesters question the organisation's legitimacy, secrecy, and the lack of democratic …
Sarah, Don’t Go Rogue; Go Home
With the release of her new book, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” former Alaskan Gov. and Republican Party vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is once again being given a spotlight …
The Budget Crisis: The Blame Is Bipartisan
The country is being bombarded with stories claiming that record budget deficits threaten our children's future and jeopardize the credibility of the dollar. These stories are a serious problem …
The Pentagon Garrisons the Gulf
As Washington talks Iraq withdrawal, the Pentagon builds up bases in the region. Despite recent large-scale insurgent suicide bombings that have killed scores of civilians and the fact that …
Gingrich, Palin, GOP Offer Magic Jobs Solution: More Tax Cuts Now!
With the economy still reeling from unemployment at 10.2 percent , Democrats and progressives are battling a barrage of GOP-driven misinformation about the first $787 billion stimulus plan as …
Lessons From the Japanese: Time to Stop Borrowing Money and Start Printing It
"We are completely dependent on the commercial Banks. Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. If the Banks create ample synthetic money we …
World Awaits US Plan to Help Curb Global Warming
Washington - With just over two weeks to go before global climate negotiations in Denmark, the United States has yet to decide whether it can meet international expectations and …