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Leslie Thatcher | Haunted
Going Through Ghosts By Mary Sojourner University of Nevada Press, 2009 Reviewer's disclaimer: Nothing I write about Mary Sojourner's work may be considered “objective.” Mary has been my …
Wittes, Goldsmith and KSM: “Absurd,” “Cynical“
It's been a few days now since Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith wrote their op-ed in The Washington Post calling the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed “dispensable” and proffering …
Obama Tries Again to Stem Home Foreclosures
The Obama administration on Friday unveiled new programs to help 3 million to 4 million distressed borrowers avoid home foreclosures. By one count, 11 million borrowers now owe more …
EPA Proposes Blocking West Virginia Mountaintop Mine
Washington - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed to halt the largest mountaintop mine in Central Appalachia, saying the project would pollute drinking water and harm wildlife in …
New Millennium, Same Old Backlash?
From the climate of angry machismo that accompanied the drive toward the Iraq war, to the Bush-led campaign against contraception and abortion that has overflowed into the current Congress, …
Immigration: Next Hot Button Issue for White House
Immigration reform has been pegged as the next big political battleground, according to an editorial in The Chicago Tribune and reports by CNN.
The Unbearable Lightness of Reform
That wickedly satirical Ambrose Bierce described politics as “the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” Bierce vanished to Mexico nearly a hundred years ago - to the relief …
Justice for the Murder of Rachel Corrie
Gaza - Seven years ago, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) caterpillar crushed Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist, to death in Rafah, in the southernmost part of …
We Won a Robust Public Option … on College Loans
We won! When President Barack Obama signs the health care reconciliation bill on Tuesday, we can crow about a robust public option – en route perhaps to a more …
Izzy Award Winner Jeremy Scahill: “We’re At a Ground Zero Moment to Save Real Journalism“
The winner of the second annual Izzy Award, named after muckraking journalist I.F. Stone, discusses independent media and this critical moment in journalism.