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The “Currency Wars”: What’s Next for the BRICs and Other Rising Powers?
Today’s “currency wars” stand at the intersection of many critical issues. These include the ability of developing countries to deploy capital controls, the role of the US as global …
Waukesha, WI Follies: 97.63 Percent Turnout in 2004? 20,000 More Votes Than “Ballots Cast” in 2006?
Waukesha County, Wisconsin's County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was already known, for some time, to be among the nation's worst elections official. And that's saying quite a bit. But new …
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The Justice Dept. Doesn’t “Legalize” War With Secret Memos Anymore: Now They’re Public
In the good old days of Bybee and Yoo, before we let them get away with it, thereby guaranteeing worse things to come, Justice Department memos “legalizing” the crime …
Owned by the World’s Largest “Charity” Organization to Dodge Taxes, IKEA Thwarts Union Organizing
Three years after an IKEA factory moved to the small blue collar town of Danville, VA, the international furniture giant has become the center of a union battle, racial …
Unequal Protection: The Boston Tea Party Revealed
The battle between the small businessmen of America and the huge multinational East India Company actually began in Pennsylvania, according to Hewes.
Fracking Insiders Score Big in New Gas Bill, But Americans Not Told the True Costs of Massive Drilling Plan
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Corporate insiders peddling the claim that drilling for methane gas will solve America's energy needs just scored big in Washington — …
Energy at What Cost? Protests Against Forced Eviction from US-Backed Coal Mine Continue in Bangladesh
(Photos: Shahriar Sunny) As the sun rose on March 28, 2011, roughly 2,000 people gathered to demonstrate against a mining project that would displace tens of thousands …
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International Crisis Group Condemns “Assault on Normal, Dignified” Life in Gaza
The International Crisis Group (ICG) issued a warning that the recent escalation of air strikes on Gaza and rocket attacks into Israel has created “the conditions for a rapid …
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Negotiation 101 for Democrats: The Right Policies Are the Right Politics (2)
President Barack Obama meets with Democratic Governors in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Feb. 25, 2011, to discuss ways Washington and states can work together to grow the economy …
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Negotiation 101 for Democrats: The Right Policies Are the Right Politics
Bloggers always wonder why Democrats couldn’t get anything done even when they had a solid majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, while Republicans get everything …