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The US Whitewashes Panama’s Fatal Flaws to Champion Their Free Trade Agreement
United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement
How Has America’s Detention System Changed Since 9/11? (Part One)
See part two in this series, here, and part three, here. Emily Berman: Today, I begin an exchange with Jonathan Hafetz, Associate Professor of Law …
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Who – and What – Are Behind the “Official History” of the Bin Laden Raid?
The establishment media just keep getting worse. They’re further and further from good, tough investigative journalism, and more prone to be pawns in complicated games that affect the public …
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Caught on Tape: Bank of America’s Director of Public Policy Tells Rick Perry “We’ll Help You Out“
A top Bank of America executive was caught on camera yesterday whispering to Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), “Bank of America. We’ll help you out,” as the GOP presidential candidate attended New …
Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow
Drug trafficking through Central America is more threatening than ever before. To combat high levels of organized crime, cartel activity, violence, and institutional corruption, Central …
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More Evidence of Water Torture “Depravity” in Rumsfeld’s Military
Former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld at an October 11, 2001, Pentagon memorial service. (Photo: Helene C. Stikkel / DoD) There have been a number of …
Tradition Trumps the Treaty: Bolivia Repeals its Ban on Coca
On June 29, 2011, Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Aymara Indian president, withdrew his country from the United Nation’s (UN) 1961 Vienna Convention on Narcotic Drugs. His decision was based …
The Market Has Spoken: Austerity Is Bad for Business
The New York Stock Exchange at closing on August 8, 2011. Wall Street stocks plummeted on Monday as skittish investors, already concerned about the economy, struggled to work out …
America’s Structural Weaknesses Threaten Its Future
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) performs tactical maneuvering exercises along with guided-missile frigates on September 1, 2010. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ashley Van …
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Bringing on the “Obama Recession” by Forgetting the Lessons of Keynes and FDR
“The economic experiments of President Roosevelt may prove, I think, to be of extraordinary importance in economic history, because for the first time — at least I cannot recall …