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Al’s Loupe What’s so unusual about police acting stupidly? By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net In the fall of 2004, I received a telephone call from my wife. I was…
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By Amaury Cruz In Much ado over a non-coup (Miami Herald, July 26, 2009, p. 6L) William Ratliff writes in definitive tones that it was ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya “who was…
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I just received this press release from the Brennan Center. Together with Advancement Project, a civil rights organization out of Washington, D.C., I’ve been lucky to work closely with…
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Coup that ousted president, didn't stop U.S. engagement in Honduras By James Hodge and Linda Cooper From the National Catholic Reporter A controversial facility at Ft. Benning, Ga. --…
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By Gustavo J. Fuchs A. The past several weeks have been crucial for Latin America. The coup d'état that occurred in Honduras has left the entire continent -- especially the isthmus --…
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By Benjamin Sarlin From The Daily Beast Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh raised eyebrows back in March when he told an audience at the University of Minnesota that Dick Cheney ran…
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By Bill Press Ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade. That's what we saw in the Senate Judiciary Committee: ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade, trying to derail…
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By Hugh O'Shaughnessy Published on Sunday, July 19, 2009 by the Independent/UK The international group of right-wingers who staged the coup d'état against the democratic government of…
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By Max J. Castro maxjcastro@gmail.com The folks who brought us the economic meltdown -- the financial industry -- are now fighting a pitched battle and paying millions of dollars to…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times The American economy remains in dire straits, with one worker in six unemployed or underemployed. Yet Goldman Sachs just reported record…
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