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By Mark Weisbrot From Folha de Sao Paulo President Lula da Silva has come under fire from opponents lately for refusing to join the United States’ campaign for increased sanctions…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog Few presidents get a second honeymoon of their own making. (George W. got one when terrorists attacked the United States.) Barack Obama’s…
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By Bill Press As a campaign manager, consultant, party chair, and candidate, I've been to a lot of political celebrations in my life. But never one more boisterous or meaningful than…
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By Saul Landau A 2006 BBC poll showed the United States as the “biggest global peace threat.” BBC summarized their survey: “People in European and Muslim countries see U.S. policy in…
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Market-based thinking has imperiled the planet and created the need for a democratic rebirth, argues Raj Patel in The Value of Nothing. By Mark Engler In 1971, the most popular field of…
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By Gimleteye From the Eye on Miami blog More than two years after Wall Street's closest brush with death since the Great Depression, taxpayers, investors and voters are still…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada CANCÚN, March 29 – Cubans are “bursting” the capacity of flights from the U.S. to Cuba, taking advantage of Barack Obama's…
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By David Sirota From Truthout.org Ever since Thomas Frank published his book "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Democrats have sought a political strategy to match the GOP's. The health…
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By Bill Press It's embarrassing, how gullible we are. We've been surrounded by Christians all these years. We might have even become one ourselves. We were impressed by the good…
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By Max J. Castromaxjcastro@gmail.com The last key conservative Democratic holdouts against comprehensive health reform—Bart Stupak and his band of anti-abortion Democrats—having…
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