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Francis Njubi Nesbitt | Piracy Redux
Over a year after the scourge of piracy escalated in the Gulf of Aden, the world is still mired in misguided and misdirected militarist policies. Meanwhile, millions of Somalis …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Elephant at the Health Care Summit
Washington - This week will determine the shape of American politics for the next three years.
New York Times’ “Mystery” Op-Ed Calls for More Afghan Civilian Deaths
On Thursday, The New York Times made an astonishing editorial choice, for which its editors owe the public an explanation: it published an op-ed by an obscure and poorly …
Visiting a Modern-Day Slave Plantation
An Interview With Nancy A. Heitzeg. Nancy A. Heitzeg Ph.D. is a professor of sociology and program co-director, critical studies of race and ethnicity at St. Catherine University in …
Community and Popular Radio in Haiti Today
Sony Esteus is squeezed into an elementary school chair, the kind with the curved piece of wood in front, in a courtyard. Around him are chickens, a fly-swarmed pile …
It’s Not the Budget Deficit; It’s the Trade Deficit
The Wall-Street-financed crew that is pushing to gut Social Security and Medicare is used to playing fast and loose with facts and logic to advance their agenda. Unfortunately, many …
Terrorism Law, the New McCarthyism
Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the first encounter with the free speech and association rights of American citizens in the context of terrorism since …
Obama, Tea Parties and the Battle for Our Brains
Over the past couple of weeks, The New York Times has been reporting on results from the cognitive and brain sciences that confirm past research in those fields partly …
Major Fallout Predicted Over Obama’s Nuclear Power Proposal
While President Obama has announced an offer of $8.3 billion in loan guarantees for two new nuclear reactors, worries about potential cost overruns, health risks and safety concerns lead …
Afghan Push – Hype or History in the Making?
Few signs on the ground of the “spectacular advances” claimed by the combined U.S. and Afghan forces. Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan - Six days into the battle for Marjah, the …