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Little Resistance as Rebels Enter Tripoli and Qaddafi Defenses Collapse
Tripoli, Libya - Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s grip on power dissolved with astonishing speed on Monday as rebels marched into the capital and arrested two of his sons, while residents …
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Lemmingly, We Roll Along
There has been unusually wide (and for the most part supportive) reaction to my article of Aug, 7 on Afghanistan, “More U.S. Soldiers Die in Vain,” which was picked …
Could Unspent Stimulus Money Be Used to Fend Off a New Recession?
(Photo: 427) The nation's top economists are already giving odds on a double-dip recession. The Federal Reserve has only a few bullets left in its gun. And …
Ratigan on MSNBC: Obama Must Say Congress is “Bought“
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United States vs. Europe: Who Is Worse Off?
(Source: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) In recent online commentary for The New York Times, Simon Johnson, the former chief economist for the International …
Over 1,000 Arrested in UK as Anger Over Inequality, Racism Boils Over Into “Insurrection”
Unrest continues to spread across England after protests erupted Saturday in London when police shot to death Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man. Mobs firebombed police stations and set …
Wisconsin Recall Marks Labor Win; Election Money Raises Question of US as “Democracy or Dollar-ocracy?”
For analysis on the Wisconsin recall vote, we go to Madison to speak with John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine. Although Republicans hold on to a slim …