USA

By Bill Press Senator Ted Kennedy died exactly one year to the day after his powerful speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. There'd been a lot of speculation that…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Prosecute them all. It was at the Nuremberg trials following World War II that the principle was established that following orders was not a defense…
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By John Lamperti From Truthout The June 28 military coup that overthrew the legitimate government of Honduras was a shock. When the Central American wars of the 1980s finally ended,…
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By Rolando Castañeda and Lorenzo Cañizares Cuba is going through a crisis whose effects threaten the nation's ability to sustain itself. The young people, generally well-educated, do…
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By Bill Press It wasn't supposed to happen this way. In 1996, I came to Washington as the new liberal co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" to do battle with Bob Novak. And I did, hammer and…
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A New York Times editorial One of the major goals of health care reform is to cover the vast numbers of uninsured. But how vast, really, is that pool of people? Who are they? And how…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com The advocates of the Iraq war said U.S. soldiers would be received with flowers and candies. That never happened. Now, more than 4,000 American and…
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By Saul Landau “Climate change will intensify droughts, floods and other natural disasters.  The scarcity of water will affect hundreds of millions of people. Malnutrition is going to…
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By Max J. Castro Whipped up by demagogues, bankrolled by the insurance lobby, the debate over health care reform has brought out all of the nation’s Obama-hating paranoia, resentment…
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By Saul Landau A group of scientists, military officials and government bureaucrats signed an informal pact with the devil. The contract became public in August 1945, when U.S. bombers…
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