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News in Brief: Clinton Says Obama Administration to Sue Arizona for Anti-Immigrant Law, and More
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Obama administration plans to bring a federal lawsuit against Arizona over SB 1070, the measure recently passed into law which requires …
The New York Times’ Story on Minerals in Afghanistan: The Result of Pentagon PR?
Kabul, Afghanistan - The New York Times' lead story Monday [2] about “nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghaistan” was the kind of journalism that seemed at …
Alexander Cockburn | No Energy in Obama’s Energy Plan
Every president since Nixon has tried to sell an energy plan, and the only one to yield any tangible results was Reagan's consummated pledge to rip the Carter-installed solar …
Weekly Mulch: Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry?
President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders spent this week trying to stand up to the oil industry. In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of …
Rachel Maddow | Republican Congressman Apologizes to BP (Video)
Rachel Maddow talks with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) about the Republican response to the BP environmental disaster (Transcript below).
WikiLeaks Aftermath Puts Spotlight on Obama Administration’s Crackdown on Whistleblowers
Pentagon investigators are reportedly still searching for Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who helped release a classified US military video showing a US helicopter gunship indiscriminately firing on Iraqi civilians. …
Eugene Robinson | Stick to the Deadline in Afghanistan
Washington - When he ordered his escalation of the war in Afghanistan, President Obama pledged that U.S. troops “will begin to come home” in the summer of 2011. Discouraging …
Corruption and Collapse
Since the explosion of the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, we have been treated to a case study in both …
Waxman: Tony Hayward Acting Like He Has Nothing to Do With BP
Unflappable before lawmakers choking back their anger, BP's Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward responded to questions from the members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce with the …
Stop Child Labor on the Farm!
How inviting it looks, the fruit laid out for us in grocery stores and supermarkets in a profusion of bright color. Red, green, yellow, orange, purple ... Cherries, grapes, …