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Held Without Trial in the USA
The Pentagon effectively disappeared al-Marri, dubbing him an “enemy combatant,” confining him to a solitary cell in the military brig at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina.
Time for a Taxpayers' Revolt
Congress will be voting this week on the biggest give-away of our tax dollars to the financial sector in our nation’s history. Despite attempts by legislators to portray this as a compromise bill that helps both Wall St. and Main St., in reality it represents an appalling transfer of wealth upward.
Kucinich on the Bailout
"Is this the United States Congress or the board of directors of Goldman Sachs?”
Mahmoud Darwish: Palestine's Poet of Exile
He expressed the notion that only poetry can bring harmony to a world devastated by war: "Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by," he has written.
One Teacher’s Cry: Why I Hate No Child Left Behind
I’m a teacher. I’ve taught elementary school for eleven years.
Big Oil Song and Dance
The Big Oil Quintet made an appearance before Congress on May 22, singing their old standard: “The Magic of the Free Market.”
A Shortage of Democracy, Not Food
Forty years ago, squirreled away in the basement “Ag” library at U.C. Berkeley, I wanted answers to one question: Why were 960 million people going hungry?
Hawks Behind the Dove: Who Makes Obama’s Foreign Policy?
Cuba’s dramatic announcement last February that Fidel Castro was stepping down as head of the Cuban government presented Barack Obama with an unprecedented opportunity to establish his foreign policy
Taking on the Special Interests
Today, however, the progressive tradition is endangered. The influence of wealthy and powerful donors has pulled both major parties to the right.
McCain’s Meddlers
President Bush endorsed John McCain even before Mike Huckabee dropped out of the race. It was back in 2005 at an International Republican Institute (IRI) dinner.
Craven Congress
Message to George W: Contact Earth if your spaceship ever comes near our planet.
Obama Yes
He stirs us out of apathy and can bring ground-breaking change.Because, as you may have possibly heard, the Democratic Presidential candidates did not campaign in Miami, where I live, and they, as of
Obama No
He's a vacuous opportunist.I’ve never been an Obama supporter.
Election Madness
The very people who should know better, having criticized the hold of the media on the national mind, find themselves transfixed by the press, glued to the television set, as the candidates preen and
The FBI Deputizes Business
23,000 Businesspeople Get Threat Info from FBI Before Public. In Turn, They Supply Tips to FBI. Two Members of Private Sector Group Say They Have “Shoot to Kill” Permission in Emergency.
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