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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 …
Banksters, Corrupt Politicians Face Prosecution – in Iceland
Calls for constitutional reform follow investigation into financial collapse; bankers, former government ministers face possibility of jail time. Last month, the publication of an Icelandic Parliamentary report commissioned "to …
E.J. Dionne | White House Comments on Lincoln Victory Sets Off Firestorm With Labor
Washington - This week's primaries should have been good news for Democrats. Instead, a stray comment from an Obama aide briefly threatened a civil war in the Democratic Party, …