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Sex Slavery: The Desperate Plight of Many Women
Sitting in the Boone County jail, the Chinese woman didn’t look like a criminal to Kelley Lucero. She looked like a middle-aged mom. Soon, Lucero learned that the …
Federal Judge Grants Injunction Against Congressional Defunding of ACORN
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) won its case last week, arguing that Congress' defunding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was unconstitutional. In the lawsuit …
Palin’s Climate “Epiphany“
Washington - Sarah Palin is such a cold-eyed skeptic about the Copenhagen summit on climate change that it's no surprise she would call on President Obama not to attend. …
David Bacon | Firing Immigrants
Los Angeles, CA - Ana Contreras would have been a competitor for the national tai kwon do championship team this year. She's 14. For six years she's …
20,000 Evacuated as Philippine Volcano Oozes Lava
Manila, Philippines - The Philippines' most active volcano oozed lava and shot up plumes of ash Tuesday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and face the possibility …
Tiger Woods and the Branding of Public Discourse
The real tragedy of Tiger Woods's career is that all he really modeled for young people and the larger public was the shallow notion that talent and fame can …
Suicide Blast Kills Eight in Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber killed eight Afghan civilians Tuesday blocks from the U.S. Embassy here in an attack that targeted a neighborhood where many former and current …
Lieberman Gets Ex-Party to Shift on Health Plan
Washington - Just the thought of Joseph I. Lieberman makes some Democrats want to spit nails these days. But Mr. Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, is not the least troubled …
Bill Moyers | Howard Zinn Interview
BILL MOYERS: There's a long tradition in America of people power, and no one has done more to document it than the historian, Howard Zinn. Listen to this paragraph …
Can Obama Face the “Unspeakable”?
Obama, like President John F. Kennedy, has had his first encounters with the permanent warfare establishment, and so far, has been persuaded by their arguments. This book could open …