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The Washington Post reports that most big Wall Street firms sold investments that contributed to the financial crisis, and most suffered in the markets, with some forced out of …
Down Prison Road
Chowchilla, California - High in the mountains overlooking Bakersfield and the south end of the San Joaquin Valley is a piece of California's past, the California Correctional Institution, or …
Does Anyone Know That a Palestinian Created a Museum of the Holocaust?
In “The Arabs and the Holocaust,” Gilbert Achcar, a Lebanese scholar, rigorously analyzes the history of the Arab world's perception of persecutions of the Jews, from Nazism to today.
Froma Harrop | Arizona May Prod Feds to Finally Act
President Obama is right that Arizona's tough immigration law is “misguided.” And Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is right that her state has been "more than patient waiting for Washington …
Why We Object to Franklin Graham’s Islamophobia
Let's just face it: Franklin Graham is an Islamophobe, an anti-Muslim bigot and an international representative of the scourge of fundamentalist Christian supremacy and exceptionalism. As a result, he …
Sudan’s Al-Bashir Wins in Result Set to Split Country
Nairobi, Kenya - The election victory of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir, wanted for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur, paves the way for Africa’s largest country to split in …
Four Brothers Find Success Amid the Rubble of War (2)
With the never-ending stream of news about Israeli incursions, crushing poverty, skyrocketing unemployment and scarce health care, success stories coming out of Gaza may seem an oxymoron. But they …
Could Financial Reform Curb Wall Street? (Audio)
Will the financial reform plan that's currently on the table prevent another economic crisis? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by …
Senate Probe: Goldman Misled Clients and Nation – and Made Billions
Washington - Goldman Sachs reaped “billions and billions of dollars” in profits by secretly betting in 2006 and 2007 that the U.S. housing market would crash, a strategy that …
Spread of Gulf Oil Spill Puts Fragile Louisiana Coast on Alert
Recovery crews are racing to shut down or at least contain oil pouring from the well of a destroyed oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent it …