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Fear Not the Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman
The hysteria in American media about Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is not only ignorant and demagogic, it is hypocritical. The United States has actively promoted Muslim Brotherhood branches in other …
News in Brief: US Continues Haiti Deportations, and More
US Continues Haiti Deportations
Citizens United vs. United Citizens
Friday, January 21, marked the one-year anniversary of “Citizens United,” a Supreme Court case that dramatically accelerates the corruptive force of money in US politics. When money flows in …
Can We Please Stop Blaming Immigrants?
Hostility in the United States toward immigrants has risen sharply in recent years. The strongest sign of this was the law signed last April by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, …
Big Win for Biotech: USDA Deregulates Monsanto Alfalfa
After nearly five years of legal and regulatory battles, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has fully deregulated Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa that is genetically modified (GM) to be …
Egypt Through the Rearview Mirror
One of the rituals associated with being a staffer for the president of the United States or a cabinet officer is briefing your boss to be prepared to answer …
60 Minutes: Putting the BS in CBS
The reason people in Tunisia, Egypt, and other parts of the world have been influenced to some extent by the work of Wikileaks is that they have read or …
Saad’s Revolution
A largely unheralded hero of the Egyptian revolution is a mild-mannered academic who endured imprisonment and then exile for daring to criticize the Mubarak family’s increasingly dynastic ambitions.
Back to Full Employment (2)
Employment conditions in the United States today, in the aftermath of the 2008–09 Wall Street collapse and worldwide Great Recession, remain disastrous—worse than at any time since the Depression …
Back to Full Employment
This is the lead article in a forum on the possibilities for full employment in today's economy. Employment conditions in the United States today, in the aftermath of the …