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Kick the Habit: Fund Our Communities, Not War
Like a crack addict reaching for the next hit, unable to envision or take steps toward a regimen of health, too many of our political leaders are embracing their …
Obama Piles New Sanctions Against Iran
The Treasury Department said it was blacklisting 11 companies and several individuals associated with Iranu2019s defence ministry, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as Iranu2019s national shipping …
Defying Egypt’s Military Rulers, Morsi Orders Parliament to Reconvene
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Sunday ordered the countryu2019s dissolved parliament back in session in his first public challenge of the ruling military council that some consider an extension of …
Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War
When policy makers in Washington worry about Mexico these days, they think in terms of a handful of numbers: Mexicou2019s 19,500 hectares devoted to poppy cultivation for heroin; its …
The Paraguayan Coup: Agribusiness, Landowners, Media Elite and US Lead to Destabilization
It has been nearly two weeks since the parliament of Paraguay orchestrated an institutional coup that removed President Fernando Lugo from power and installed vice president Fernando Franco in …
Burying the Story Along with the Body: Anthony Shadid and The New York Times
The night before he left on his fatal trip into Syria, Anthony Shadid told his wife:
Libyans Vote in First Election in More Than 40 Years
Libyans voted on Saturday in their first election in more than 40 years, in some places braving sporadic gunfire and threats of violence in their determination to conceive a …
Bill Moyers | Khalil Muhammad on Facing Our Racial Past
Muhammad describes the New York City Police Departmentu2019s u201cStop and Frisku201d program as u201can old and enduring form of surveillance and racial control.u201d
Facing Diplomatic Isolation, Syria’s Assad Says He’s Willing to Step Aside
At least 10,000 Syrians have been killed since Assad deployed his army and security services to suppress the anti-government protests.
Guatemalan Femicide: The Legacy of Repression and Injustice
Rape, mutilation, sexual slavery, forced abortion, and sterilizations were just some of the sadistic tools used in a systematic practice of state-sponsored terror to crush the surviving population into …