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Bamboo Houses to the Rescue
Over time, poor countries don’t experience more natural disasters than rich countries, but poor people — even those living in rich countries — suffer more in a catastrophe. Since …
Alleged Military Whistleblower Charged With Leaking Video of a US Attack on Civilians and Secret Documents
A US Army intelligence analyst was charged on Monday with eight violations of federal criminal law for leaking confidential military documents and videos, including a 2007 video of US …
The Poverty Solution: Just Give Money to the Poor
Who’s responsible for the poor?
McChrystal Probe of Special Operations Forces Killings Excluded Key Eyewitnesses
Washington - The follow-up investigation of a botched Special Operations Forces (SOF) raid in Gardez Feb. 12 that killed two government officials and three women, ordered by Gen. Stanley …
News in Brief: Justice Department to File Suit Against Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law, and More …
The Justice Department has decided to file suit against Arizona over SB 1070, the state's recent anti-immigrant law. The main argument of the suit will be that the immigration …
Stage-Managing the War on Terror
Informers have by now become our first line of defense in our battles with the evildoers, the go-to guys in the never-ending domestic war on terror. They regularly do …
The Tea Party and the New Right-Wing Christian Feminism
Why have American women become so active in the right wing Tea Party movement? Could it be that they are drawn to the new conservative Christian feminism publicized by …
Dean Baker | Time to Put the Deficit Commission Out of Our Misery
It's time to stop wasting the taxpayers' money and shut down President Obama's deficit commission. It is now clear that it has become a national joke. One of the …
Domestic Workers in New York Win First-Ever Job Protections
Domestic workers in New York have won historic changes to the state’s labor law to include protections for their jobs. Final votes on Thursday ended weeks of wrangling between …
Still Homeless From Haiti Earthquake, Thousands Fight Forced Evictions
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Tens of thousands of Haitians risk becoming homeless for a second time, as weary landowners clear their properties of makeshift refugee camps in order to build …