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Pakistanis Not So Optimistic About US Policy
Taleban supporters in Swat, 21 February 2009.Pakistan pessimism at Obama revampBy M Ilyas Khan / March 27, 2009 Pakistan’s foreign minister may have welcomed the new Obama regional initiative but the immediate feeling among political commentators was generally one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Middle East, Obama Administration, Pakistan, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Militarizing the US/Mexico Border Is Not the Solution to the Drug Battles Taking Place There
Operation Jump Start training in Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 21, 2007, teaches U.S. Customs and Border Patrol procedures while observing the Arizona-Mexico border for illegal activity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trisha Harris)We shouldn’t militarize the U.S.-Mexico borderBy Yolanda … Continue reading
Economic Crisis Yielding More Homelessness
An encampment of tents under an overpass in Fresno. Photo: Jim Wilson/The New York Times.Cities Deal With a Surge in ShantytownsBy Jesse McKinley / March 25, 2009 FRESNO, Calif. — As the operations manager of an outreach center for the … Continue reading
Counteracting the Backlash Against Clean Energy
What I think we miss is that probably less than a quarter of the population of the planet have heard of global warming, and of those left who have, at least half of them are in denial. And sadly, the … Continue reading
Sometimes People Know Better Than Governments
Palestinian children sing for Holocaust survivorsMarch 25, 2009 The Palestinian youths from a tough West Bank refugee camp stood facing the elderly Holocaust survivors on Wednesday, appearing somewhat defiant in a teenage sort of way. Then they began to sing. … Continue reading
US Financial Institutions: Corrupt to the Core?
This graphic shows Bank of America’s loans to directors, executives and other insiders since 2001. Graphic by David Puckett, Research by Stella Hopkins.Secrecy shrouds insider loansBy Stella M.Hopkins / March 23, 2009 Experts see potential conflicts of interest in banks’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Bankruptcy, Financial Crisis, U.S. Government
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The War on Drugs: Humiliating 13-Year-Olds
Savana Redding, 19, was strip searched six years ago when teachers suspected she had brought prescription pills to school. Phtot: Chris Hinkle for The New York Times.Strip-Search of Girl Tests Limit of School PolicyBy Adam Liptak / March 23, 2009 … Continue reading
Colonial Afghanistan to Receive New Leader
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Photo: Shah Marai/AFP.US will appoint Afghan ‘prime minister’ to bypass Hamid KarzaiBy Julian Borger in Brussels and Ewen MacAskill / March 22, 2009 White … Continue reading
Greening Up the Co-operative Movement
The River Arts co-op development is considering solar panels. The building’s energy committee includes Julie Ruben, top, and from left, Jack Fogle, Frank Gary and Paul Kittas. Photo: Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times.It’s Not Easy Turning Co-op … Continue reading
Swingin’ on Sunday – the Branford Marsalis Quartet
Eric Revis, Branford Marsalis, Justin Faulkner, l. to r., playing atJazz Alley, 20 March 2009. Photos by the author.Branford Marsalis Quartet Plays SeattleBy Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2009 Man, can these guys swing !!! The … Continue reading
Resolving the Housing and Immigration Crises – Simultaneously
Two Birds – One StoneBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2009 Arguably the two biggest, most urgent and most complicated problems facing the Obama administration are those related to the general meltdown of the financial structure, … Continue reading
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Tagged Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Immigration, Obama Administration
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