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A Fitting Memorial to Labor’s Dead and Injured
We're coming up on another Workers Memorial Day on April 28 - a day when organized labor and its allies honor the millions of men and women who've needlessly …
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Past And Present
The opening this May of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference at the United Nations seems likely to feature a conflict that has simmered for decades between nuclear …
A Still Moment
George W. Bush was onto something in the fall of 2008 when he remarked apropos of the Lehman collapse: “...this sucker could go down.” It's my serene conviction, by …
The Importance of Getting Wall Street Out of Washington, and Washington Out of Wall Street
Washington’s relationship with Wall Street is growing more schizophrenic by the day. On the one hand, Congress is trying to show how tough it can be on the financial …
Henry Giroux: “Democracy Has Taken a Major Hit” (Video)
On April 8, 2010, Henry Giroux took on Roosevelt Auditorium at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, to let out some frank truths about the world we live in and …
Mexico Issues Travel Warning over Arizona Immigration Law
One day after Mexican President Felipe Calderón condemned the new Arizona immigration law, Mexico issued a travel warning that "all Mexican citizens could be bothered or questioned without motive …
Goldman “Shorted” Mortgages Because World Wouldn’t Expect It
Washington - A key Goldman Sachs trading manager indicated in his personnel performance review that he could use the “fear” in the market of a coming collapse in the …
Joe Brewer | The Death of Self-Interest Fundamentalism
Self-interest fundamentalism was the economic religion of the 20th Century. We are now in the midst of an economic reformation on par with the Enlightenment as we enter the …
The Real War Reporters
A good friend noted recently how little we hear of Iraq and Afghanistan in the news anymore, and further noted the deafening silence regarding those ongoing wars from what …