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Leaked Reports Make Afghan War Policy More Vulnerable
Washington - The 92,000 reports on the war in Afghanistan made public by the whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks, and reported Monday by the Guardian, The New York Times and Der …
In Arizona, Feds Are Fighting a Monster They Built
President Obama's lawyer has argued more than a hundred cases before the Supreme Court. Last Thursday in Arizona, he got served.
Fourteen Examples of Systemic Racism in the US Criminal Justice System
The biggest crime in the US criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way …
US Financial Regulations: Plugging Holes in a Faulty Dam
Paul Volcker says the financial reregulation bill passed to much hoopla by Congress in mid-July deserves only a grade of B.
Where Is Obama’s “Teachable Moment” on Race?
President Obama has not dwelt on race – his own or the history of racism in America. And for all the talk about “teachable moments,” he has not encouraged …
Hugo Chávez Oil Threats: Why Chávez Won’t Cut Off Oil to the US
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez threatened to cut off oil to the US on Sunday. The latest Chávez oil threat comes amid a rising diplomatic spat with neighboring Colombia, a …
Eugene Robinson | This Was All Secret?
Washington - The tens of thousands of classified military documents posted on the Internet Sunday confirm what critics of the war in Afghanistan already knew or suspected: We are …
BP Response Crew Faces “Catastrophic” Conditions
BP oil disaster response workers are reporting endemic problems, such as not being paid on time, low morale, rampant sickness, equipment failures and being lied to regularly. "Yesterday was …
Rep. Ryan Pushes Ominous “Roadmap for America’s Future“
In an apparent attempt to gain some semblance of support for the only definitive and substantive Republican budget plan, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) has turned to a series of …
Afghan War Leaks Expose Costly, Deceitful March of Folly
The brutality and fecklessness of the US-led war in Afghanistan have been laid bare in an indisputable way just days before the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote …