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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those…
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The new secretary of labor is doing just what she should be: standing up for workers’ rights. By Mark Engler Those who voted for “change you can believe in” in 2008 have found many…
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By José Pertierra From the Mexican daily La Jornada Everything seems to indicate that the U.S. government's strategy is to delay, postpone and set back the trial of Luis Posada…
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By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship From Truthout.org That famous definition of a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing has come to define this…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com How would you like a 31 percent annual increase in pay? How about a 16 percent cut in taxes? Should anyone need reminding of the way the…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdés “The perpetual menacings of danger oblige the government to be always prepared to repel it; its armies must be numerous enough for instant…
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By Robyn Blumner Since Sarah Palin won't rule out running for the presidency in 2012, her performance recently at the Tea Party convention in Nashville deserves more scrutiny. Voters…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog This week the President is hosting a bipartisan gab-fest at the White House to try to tease out some Republican votes for health care. It's…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Like the armies of the South in the Civil War, the Republican Senate has parlayed weakness into strength. Under the leadership of the inscrutable…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog Washington is paralyzed by snow and partisanship. Nothing is getting done – even as the Great Recession pulls more Americans into its maw.…
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