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By Mark Engler From Dissent Magazine Answer me this: Do progressives have anything to lose by opposing Elena Kagan as too conservative to be a satisfactory pick for the Supreme…
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By Alan Fram WASHINGTON (AP) -- Illegal immigrants are a boon, not a burden to the country, a resounding majority of Hispanics say, according to an Associated Press-Univision Poll that…
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By Bill Press Farewell to the Tea Party. It was fun while it lasted. It certainly got a lot of undue media attention. But it died a premature, yet welcome, death. Ironically, what…
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By Saul Landau Joe, whose business has gone bad, borrows $100 from Mike. The next day he borrows another $100. Some months later, he pays Mike $100 and says:“Business has picked up.…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com The result of these converging factors—the mad rush for oil and the irresponsibility of BP and of the laissez-faire Bush-Cheney administration—has…
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By John McAuliff Florida politics have consistently crippled hopes for a rational U.S. policy on Cuba. The swing state mystique confounds Presidential candidates and PAC money from…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian With Venezuela's economy having contracted last year (as did the vast majority of economies in the Western Hemisphere), the economy suffering from…
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By Saul Landau I propose President Obama end the war against terrorism and admit the phrase means “Muslims should scare you!” For example, the media recently showed a documentary film…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com Casino capitalism may finally have its day of reckoning or, at least, its moment of discomfort. Because, for all the outrage at the banks and all…
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By Michael Moore From Time Magazine When Brazilians first elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President in 2002, the country's robber barons nervously checked the fuel gauges on their…
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