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The Bad Job Numbers and the Secret Second Stimulus
The Labor Department reports that 85,000 jobs were lost in December. The official rate of unemployment (which measures how many people are looking for jobs) held steady at 10 …
Mark Weisbrot: Proposed Amnesty Serves to Whitewash Honduran Coup
Vote expected next week to absolve Honduran Military of crimes, even as murders continue.
A New Strategy for America
Despite President Obama's lack of courage and forthrightness in fulfilling his promise for change during a hectic first year in office, a year that began with much excitement, expectation …
Quick Hearing for Bomb Suspect, but Probably a Long Road Ahead
At a hearing in Detroit, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day. US authorities will undoubtedly want …
Factory Farmed Meat Can Trigger a Global Pandemic That Wipes Out Sixty Percent of Those Infected
The chicken and pork industries have wrought unprecedented changes in bird and swine flu. Billions could die in a deadly flu pandemic, the likes of which we have never …
Answering Helen Thomas on Why They Want to Harm Us (2)
Thank God for Helen Thomas, the only person to show any courage at the White House press briefing after President Barack Obama gave a flaccid account of the intelligence …
Study: More Families Using Food Stamps to Feed Kids
The United States has more poor children now than it did a year ago. As recession-hammered families increase, more are using food stamps to feed their kids, according to …
California, Here We Come
A number of years ago, when I would travel to California on business with my friend, the late journalist and comedy writer Eliot Wald, we always carved out time …
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I've been writing about unbelievably bad news for more than a decade now, so when the New Year came around this time, I made up my mind to try …
Answering Helen Thomas on Why They Want to Harm Us
Thank God for Helen Thomas, the only person to show any courage at the White House press briefing after President Barack Obama gave a flaccid account of the intelligence …