USA

By Saul Landau Syria’s civil war inspired some in Congress and in the media. Stupidity or insanity? Some people don’t learn from past mistakes? Why start another body count…
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By Bill Press "Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most powerful woman of them all?" No doubt about it. Not Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel or Oprah Winfrey. The most powerful woman…
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A New York Times editorial It is time for President Obama to abandon his hopes of reaching a grand budget bargain with Republicans. At every opportunity since they took over the…
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By Max J. Castro The Oversight and Government Reform Committee of the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives held hearings last week purportedly to get at what really…
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By Jamilah King From Colorlines.com Assata Shakur has been given many names over the past four decades. Her political allies in the 1970s struggle for black liberation knew her as…
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By Saul Landau “America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.…
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A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case Glenn Greenwald From guardian.co.uk The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada NEW YORK – The point is that we should all sing, says Pete Seeger, a troubador who has devoted himself for seven decades to give a…
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  By Carol J. WilliamsFrom Los Angeles Times Cuba’s communist leadership was quick to send condolences to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and to reiterate to Washington…
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By Pete Kasperowicz From The Hill The State Department is expected to release its annual Country Report on Terrorism in the latter half of May, missing today's deadline by a few…
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