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Allegations FBI and British Intelligence Tortured Kenyan Rendition Victim
(Image: JR / Truthout) According to an August 17 article in The Guardian UK, lawyers representing Omar Awadh Omar, a Kenyan used car salesman who was kidnapped …
Romney Consistently Wrong on Social Security
While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may be considered the “reasonable” candidate in the GOP field, his statements on Social Security are just as false and outrageous as any …
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On 15th Anniversary of ‘Welfare Reform,’ Aid Is Not Getting to Those Who Need it Most
On this day 15 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s welfare system that enacted onerous work requirements on poor families before they could …
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Communities to Banks: You Can Fix the Housing Crisis
Banks caused the housing crisis — and the financial crash which threw millions out of their jobs — and they can fix it, according to a new report. …
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Acts of Resistance: A Nightingale, the Cream Pie and Two Flying Shoes
(Image: JR / Truthout) In developing countries, any attempts to raise an awareness of wrongdoing usually results in imprisonment or death. In the West, unless an individual …
The Great Green Technological Revolution Within Reach?
The global community is confronted with the problem that achieving the agreed goal of eradicating poverty will require much more economic progress. But the economic progress of the …
Spain, Beyond the Economic Crisis: The Democratic Crisis
Police hold back protesters as part of the “15-M Movement,” in Madrid, Spain. (Photo: Olmovich) What are Spaniards so angry about? When José Luis …
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Rebel Forces Invade Qaddafi Compound
Tripoli, Libya - Rebel fighters flooded into Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s sprawling compound on Tuesday, overwhelming what remained of its defenses and running pell-mell through the grounds, as the crackle …
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Attorney General of N.Y. Is Said to Face Pressure on Bank Foreclosure Deal
Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, has come under increasing pressure from the Obama administration to drop his opposition to a wide-ranging state settlement with banks …
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Republicans to Oppose Tax Cut for Working People
Tax cuts have become the panacea of conservative economic thinking, but curiously, the AP reports Republicans are now lining up to raise taxes on nearly half of all Americans. …