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Former Bush Official Josh Bolten Advising BP on How to “Defend Its Interests” and Restore Its Reputation
BP has embarked on an aggressive campaign to repair its public image in the wake of its disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Iran’s Green Movement: One Year Later
Iran’s Green Movement is one year old this Sunday, the anniversary of its first massive demonstrations in the streets of Tehran. Greeted with great hope in much of …
African-American Mississippi Man Starts Record Sixth Murder Trial
An African-American man, Curtis Flowers, made history this week when he became the first person in US history to ever go on trial for murder six times for the …
The BP Disaster Marks the End of the Age of Arrogance About the Environment … Can We Change?
We dreamed we were living in a fabulous mansion but are waking up in a greasy gutter. The ecological and economic catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico makes …
Democratic Slap in the Face to Labor in Arkansas (Video)
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Oversight Panel: Feds Jumped Too Soon to Bail Out AIG
Washington - The federal government didn't exhaust all its options before it committed tens of billions of taxpayers' dollars to bail out the American International Group during the height …
Border Patrol Gone Wild
A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 14-year-old Mexican boy on June 7. At RaceWire, Julianne Hing reports that “Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca [was] on the Mexican side …
Froma Harrop | Voter Unrest Could Also Help Democrats
It's hard to call the outcomes of recent primaries a “voter uprising.” It looks more like democracy in action than a series of coup d'etats. Replacing party establishment favorites …
The Intersectionist: Sy Montgomery’s “Birdology“
“Birdology: Adventures With a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur” By Sy …
What Would “Another Haiti” Look Like? Haitian Views on Their Country’s Future
A slogan of Haiti's popular movement - a grouping of many organized sectors, from community-based journalists, to cooperative street vendors, to children's rights advocates - is "Another Haiti Is …