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Mark Weisbrot | Aristide Should Be Allowed to Return to Haiti
Haiti's infamous dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier, returned to his country this week, while the country's first elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is kept out. These two facts really say everything …
JFK’s Eloquence, 50 Years Later
Washington - It's remembered as a day chilled by “a Siberian wind knifing down Pennsylvania Avenue” and illuminated by “the dazzling combination of bright sunshine and deep snow.” On …
Aristide Says He Is Ready to Return to Haiti, Too
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Days after Haitians watched an exiled dictator come home, a former president issued a statement on Wednesday that fueled rumors that he, too, was angling to …
Court Weighs Whether Corporations Have Personal Privacy Rights
Washington - The claim that corporations have personal privacy rights met with widespread skepticism on Wednesday during a lively Supreme Court argument.
Ira Chernus | How the Power of Myth Keeps Us Mired in War
When I try to figure out why we are still in Afghanistan, though every ounce of logic says we ought to get out, an unexpected conversation I had last …
Ira Chernus How the Power of Myth Keeps Us Mired in War
When I try to figure out why we are still in Afghanistan, though every ounce of logic says we ought to get out, an unexpected conversation I had last …
Countering Pentagon Propaganda About Prisoners Released From Guantánamo
For several years now, one organization in the US government has persistently undermined attempts to have a grown-up debate about the perceived dangerousness of prisoners at Guantánamo, and the …
House Votes to Repeal Health-Care Reform: What Happens Now?
Washington - The struggle over the future of health-care reform is just beginning. After what Speaker John Boehner dubbed “a spirited but respectful debate,” the House voted 245 to …