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Haiti: Earthquake Victims Lose Out in Election
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti — Michelle Altima spent all of election day trying to vote, trekking to three polling stations. Henry Emalack lined up at 6 a.m. only to find his …
European Bank Reneges on Pledge for Green Lending
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is reneging on pledges to support low-carbon economic models in Eastern Europe, and is instead ramping up its lending for fossil-fuel energy …
Froma Harrop | The American Dream Is Not All About Money
We always talk about “The American Dream” — about living it, saving it, wondering what happened to it. Few bother to define it. The stereotype shows a single-family house, …
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Eugene Robinson | The Grinch Who Stole Washington
Washington - Why did Republicans go to the trouble and expense of winning the midterm elections? It looks like they're about to prove, once again, that you can get …
Joe Conason | Iran’s Best Friends on Capitol Hill
Nuclear weapons treaties are like currency exchange rates — always vitally important to the national interest but often stunningly dull, not to say impenetrable. Yet Washington has suddenly been …
Andy Kroll | The New American Oligarchy
There is a war underway. I'm not talking about Washington’s bloody misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, but a war within our own borders. It’s a war fought on the …
Call Americans Regressive – Just Don’t Call Them European
There’s really no need to parody American politics — politicians parody themselves so well. Take Republican Eric Cantor, a congressman from Virginia who will probably be the majority leader …
The (Not So) Secret (Anymore) US War in Pakistan
Despite sustained denials by US officials spanning more than a year, US military Special Operations Forces have been conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan, helping direct US drone strikes and …
DREAM Act Nears Vote; States Push Harsh Immigration Bills
It's a now-or-never moment for the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide a conditional path to citizenship for certain immigrant youth. The bill's prospects won't improve with next …