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Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President
I kept thinking to myself that when he got briefed on the history of Afghanistan and the oft-proven ability of Afghan “militants” to drive out foreign invaders — from …
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To Break the Bonds of Injustice
New York - Forty-six years ago, at a Senate subcommittee hearing on migratory labour, U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy listened in disgust as California's Kern County Sheriff explained the arrests …
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AARP Back in Bed with Effort to Cut Social Security and Medicare
Wow, the AARP must be taking lessons from the Democratic Party, that you can afford sell out your putative base if you do the bidding of really big moneyed …
Can Europe’s Left Rebound?
Washington - A crisis of capitalism is supposed to create an opening for the political left. But in Europe, the place where the concept of left and right was …
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Brazil to Open Doors to Skilled Immigrants, Slam Shut to Others
Rio De Janeiro - In designing a new immigration policy, Brazil is caught between the need to attract skilled workers and professionals in order to meet the challenges posed …
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“Librotraficantes” Bring Banned Books into Arizona
Phoenix - Tony Diaz, aka “El Librotraficante” (or book smuggler) is arriving in Tucson on Friday with a truckload of Mexican-American books that were effectively banned from the Tucson …
Medicare Costs Too Much and They Better Not Cut It
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) joins other House Republicans to tell members of the media about their plan to reform the Congressional budget process in Washington, December 7, 2011. (Photo: …
Ever More and Ever Less: The Unstoppable Legacy of the War on Terror
By now, you’d think we’d be entering the end of the 9/11 era. One war over in the Greater Middle East, another hurtling disastrously to its end, and …
Corporate Campaign Spending: They Get What They Pay for
(Photo: 401K) Will corporate spending determine the outcomes of the 2012 elections? Academic research shows that when companies spend money on politics, they earn a significant financial …
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Standing Up for Peace
Keene, New Hampshire. (Photo: Dougtone) During a recent city council meeting, the mayor of Keene, New Hampshire leaned over to a council member and whispered excitedly: "We're …