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Saying Coal Can Be Clean Doesn’t Make It So
The dirty truth behind clean coal By Joshua Frank / February 28, 2010 If you’ve tuned in to the Winter Olympics this past week, you likely sat through repeated showings of a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign paid for by Big … Continue reading
Utah : Challenging Women’s Rights Again
Critics fear the new law could affect women who drink and miscarry.Photo: UPPA / Photoshot.Utah women may face murder charges after miscarriages By David Usborne / February 28, 2010 Outrage at bill that could jail women who ‘recklessly’ endanger unborn … Continue reading
Cole on the "Swift-Boating" of Climate Change Science
Advice to climate scientists on how to avoid being Swift-boated and how to become public intellectuals By Juan Cole / February 28, 2010 Climate Scientists continue to see persuasive evidence of global warming and climate change when they speak at … Continue reading
The Pentagon and All Its Suckers (That Would Be Us)
Gargantua’s mouth:The Pentagon and the suckers By Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdes / February 27, 2010 The perpetual menacings of danger oblige the government to be always prepared to repel it; its armies must be numerous enough for instant … Continue reading
A History of Relations with Iran
Mohammad Mosaddeq (1882-1967), Iranian Prime Minister and a major political figure in the modern history of Iran. This photograph was taken ca 1965 in Ahmadabad, Iran.Accusing Iran; Ignoring history By Ted Snider / February 26, 2010 Did Hillary Clinton seriously … Continue reading
Health Care Reform : A Bad Proposal or a Worse One?
Senator Alexander, sitting next to Senator McCain, provided the Republicans’ opening statement at the Health Care Forum at Blair House, and he challenged President Obama and the Democrats “to renounce jamming it through in a partisan way.” Photo: Stephen Crowley/The … Continue reading
Juan Cole on the U.S. Defense Budget
Gates Wants Europe to Beggar Itself on War Expenditures the Way the U.S. Has By Juan Cole / February 25, 2010 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates decries Europe for general anti-war sentiment, unwillingness to beggar itself with expenditures on … Continue reading
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Poor Grow Poorer : Richest 1% Has Captured America’s Wealth
The ultra rich have captured America;How can we take it back? By David DeGraw / February 19, 2010 “The war against working people should be understood to be a real war… Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Capitalism, Economy, Middle Class, Poverty, Taxation, Wealth
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“Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart.” Paul Kivel, cofounder of the Oakland Men’s project, drew on decades of experience in the movement to end male violence in producing this book that talks about patriarchial … Continue reading
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Report : Skyrocketing Profits for Big Insurance Companies
Photo by Tanya J. Harding from stock.xchng.Report: Big insurance companies out of control The top five insurers made $12 billion in profits last year, while dropping coverage for 2.7 million people. By Chris Frates / February 12, 2010 With health … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Corporate Profits, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance
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Fearful Symmetry : A Tale of Two Presidents
Job losses under two presidents — December, 2007-January, 2010. Chart from Bureau of Labor Statistics / Speaker’s Office / TPM Documents.The red increase in job loss is the climax of Republican White House control. The blue decrease in job loss … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Economic Recovery, Jobs, Obama Administration, Statistics
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Primal Scream : White Racism and the Tea Party Movement
Sign at Tea Party in Madison, WI, April 14, 2009. Photo by cometstarmoon / Wikimedia Commons.Bubbling under the surface:Racial resentment in the Tea Party movement By Rich Benjamin / February 9, 2010 [Rich Benjamin’s commentary on the underlying “white grievance” … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigotry, Immigration, Populism, Racism, Right Wing, Tea Baggers, Tom Tancredo
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