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Jim Hightower | Bleeding in Afghanistan
Are you aware that America has now been at war for nearly a decade? We've been fighting, bleeding and dying in two hellacious, multitrillion-dollar conflagrations since 2001 — and …
Brazilian Election: A First-Round Setback for Lula’s ProtĂ©gĂ©
Round One: Favorite Falls Just Short of the Line
New Poll Shows California Tilting Against Legalized Marijuana
Los Angeles - As the nation’s first state vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use nears, a new poll has introduced fresh uncertainty into the race.
DC Internet Vote Scheme Hacker: “Within 36 Hours We Had Total Control of Server, Ability to Change Votes, Reveal Secret Ballot“
As we posited in our coverage yesterday of DC's Internet Voting scheme which was hacked with the University of Michigan fight song, J. Alex Halderman, asst. professor of electronic …
Robert Pollin | Austerity Is Not a Solution: Why the Deficit Hawks Are Wrong (Video)
Wall Street hyper-speculation brought the global economy to its knees in 2008-09. To prevent a 1930s-level Depression, economic policymakers throughout the world enacted extraordinary measures. These included large-scale fiscal …
Brazil Election: Lula’s Legacy Set to Propel Dilma Rousseff to Victory
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilians face an unfamiliar ballot today when they enter polling booths to elect a new president. For the first time since the end of the …
Iraq: The Age of Darkness
Part I: “Success,” A Devastating Balance Sheet In the immediate aftermath of the 2003 invasion, the triumphalist verdict of the mainstream media was that the war had been won; …
Voter Beware, Concentrated Corporate Power Is Creating Deceptive Elections
The Republican Party is being replaced with secret donors and unlimited donations as concentrated corporate interests spend hundreds of millions in the midterm elections.
Hugo Chavez’s Upcoming Test: A Preview of Venezuela’s September 26 Elections
Venezuelan politics have become increasingly polarized during President Hugo Chávez’s twelve years in office. The upcoming National Assembly elections are no exception, especially as the results are expected to …
Houston Voting Machine Fire Update and Shouting “Voter Fraud” in a Crowded Midterm Election
Thousands of borrowed e-voting machines made by Austin-based Hart Intercivic have begun arriving in Harris County (Houston), TX this week in the wake of last month's massive warehouse fire …