Justice at Last for Argentina’s Stolen Children LONDON — Jorge Rafael Videla was the tall, thin one in the triumvirate of senior officers that seized power in Argentina’s 1976 military coup. El Flaco, they used to call him – “the… Read More ›
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On the Day of American Independence
Today is the 4th of July, a holiday celebrated all over the nation as the date of American Independence from the British crown. I was considering burning an American flag to protest US foreign policy, imperial aggression, indigenous holocaust, sponsorship… Read More ›
Chris Collins: ‘People Now Don’t Die From Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer’
By Elise Foley GOP congressional candidate Chris Collins knows health care is expensive these days, but he argues it’s for good reason: People are no longer dying from deadly forms of cancer. “People now don’t die from prostate cancer, breast… Read More ›
Homeless Students Top 1 Million, U.S. Says, Leaving Advocates ‘Horrified’
by Saki Knafo and Joy Resmovits Back in November of 2005, Diane Nilan had what she now concedes may have struck some people as a “crazy notion.” She’d been working as advocate for homeless families in Illinois, getting frustrated by… Read More ›
World’s Richest Gain $21.4 Billion as Batista Falters
The world’s richest people added a combined $21.4 billion to their collective net worth this week as the wealth gap between billionaire Carlos Slim and Eike Batista widened to more than $50 billion. Batista’s net worth fell $4 billion. Shares… Read More ›
Why Washington and Moscow want a backroom deal over Syria
The scene is set for a Clinton-Lavrov meeting that could still ring the death knell for the Assad regime Months of futile diplomatic tussling, UN deadlock and finger-pointing over Syria have boiled down to a dramatic, last-ditch effort this weekend… Read More ›
Game Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters
For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece in The New Republic wasn’t sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been “making everything up.”… Read More ›
Study: Mega Bank JP Morgan Chase Receives A $14 Billion Annual Subsidy From The U.S. Government
By Pat Garofalo JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon testified on Capitol Hill today for the second time in two weeks, appearing before the House Financial Services Committee to discuss the trading debacle that has cost his bank billions of… Read More ›
Many US police use cell phones to track: study
WASHINGTON — Many US police departments use cell phone tracking, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases, according to a study released Monday. The survey released by the American Civil Liberties Union found that “the overwhelming… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: U.S. Aggression & Propaganda Against Cuba
Why the unrelieved U.S. antagonism toward Cuba? by Michael Parenti In recent times, U.S.-Cuban relations have gone from bad to worse. Under the Administration of George W. Bush, the U.S. boycott has been more stringently imposed. Anti-government agitation within Cuba… Read More ›
US to deploy more than 3,000 troops to Africa
All of those troops leaving Afghanistan during the next two years will have to go somewhere, right? The US Army will deploy thousands of soldiers across the continent of Africa during 2013. The Army Times confirms that the US military… Read More ›
Obama Trade Document Leaked, Revealing New Corporate Powers And Broken Campaign Promises
A critical document from President Barack Obama’s free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises. The leaked document… Read More ›
Chicago teachers cast overwhelming strike authorization vote
CHICAGO – With Chicago teachers facing a hostile mayor and Chicago Board of Education in negotiations for a new contract, 90% of teachers union members have voted to authorize a strike. “This is not a win,” said Chicago Teachers Union… Read More ›
30,000 secret surveillance orders demanded annually to spy on Americans
Even without CISPA on the books, the federal government can still use antiquated legislation to leer into the personal communications of Americans. One judge, in fact, says that thousands are approved each year. It’s been more than a quarter of… Read More ›
Muslims sue to stop NYPD surveillance
Muslims sue to stop NYPD surveillance Eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist… Read More ›
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