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Baker: That Joke About Intergenerational Equity
Znet Article, August, 17 2010
Dean Baker
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The Washington Post and most of the important people in Washington want the United States to be like Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, this is not another Borat movie, this is about the central focus of economic policy in the United States today.
Schechter: As The Obama Economic Team Bails, The System Fails To Generate Jobs. Are The Causes, Um, “Structural?”
Commentary, August, 10 2010
Danny Schechter
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In Washington, the Obama economic team has sprung a leak. First, Budget Director Peter Orszag, the calculating numbers savant, bailed. And now, “distinguished” economist Christina Romer, the only woman in that inner circle boys club has quit too.
Cohn: Landmark Ruling Declares Prop 8 Unconstitutional
Commentary, August, 09 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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In a stunning, carefully crafted 136-page opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker held in Perry v. Schwarzenegger that California’s Proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional.
Raina: The Nation at Stake
Znet Article, August, 01 2010
Badri Raina
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As the skeletons tumble in droves out of the house of horrors in Gujarat, right-wing Hindutva forces which now openly include the “main opposition Party” in parliament, the BJP, is up in arms at what it suits them to call a Congress-inspir...
Lusane: Racism, Shirley Sherrod and the Obama White House
Commentary, July, 31 2010
Clarence Lusane
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The Shirley Sherrod controversy, like the Van Jones incident last summer, demonstrates the power of the right-wing media to rock the Obama White House when it comes to racial matters.
Bennis: The Wikileaks Afghan War Diary: More Evidence of a Failed Mission
Commentary, July, 30 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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The leaks just fill in details of what we already knew: that the Afghan War is too costly to continue.
Goodman: WikiLeaks’ Afghan War Diary
Znet Article, July, 30 2010
Amy Goodman
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Wikileaks.org has done it again, publishing thousands of classified documents about the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The website provides a secure platform for whistle-blowers to deliver documents, videos and other electronic media while maintaining a...
Dimaggio: Polarized Politics, American Style
Znet Article, July, 28 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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The Pew Research center reports in its July national survey results that the public believes the Democratic Party is more to the left than Republicans are to the right.
Jamal: The Mehserle Trial
Commentary, July, 26 2010
Mumia Abu Jamal
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The manslaughter verdict returned against former BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cop, Johannes Mehserle, for the videotaped murder of Oscar Grant, sent hundreds of protesters back into the hot streets of Oakland, California, Grant's hometown.
Hahnel: Financial Reform
Commentary, July, 13 2010
Robin Hahnel
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Nothing is more important right now to stabilize the global economic system than financial reform. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future.
Baker: Republicans: The Party of Unemployment
Znet Article, July, 08 2010
Dean Baker
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From now until November 2, the Republican Party will be the party of unemployment. The logic is straightforward; the more people who are unemployed on Election Day, the better the prospects for Republicans in the fall election. They expect, with g...
Cohn: Losing in Afghanistan
Commentary, July, 07 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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Last week, the House of Representatives voted 215-210 for $33 billion to fund Barack Obama’s troop increase in Afghanistan. But there was considerable opposition to giving the President a blank check...
Prashad: BP, Obama and the Gulf
Znet Article, July, 06 2010
Vijay Prashad
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The oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. It began to flow out of a hole that resulted from an explosion on April 20 on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. Once an oil seam has been tapped, it is hard to stop the flow, so the oil flo...
Street: On Imperial Beginnings
Znet Article, July, 06 2010
Paul Street
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I resist the tendency to see the contemporary United States’ many harsh inequalities and crimes as radical departures from the nation’s (supposed) noble and democratic origins. Look at the nation’s founding document, The Declaration of Independenc...
Wallerstein: "Why McChrystal Did It"
Commentary, July, 04 2010
Immanuel Wallerstein
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, gave an interview to Rolling Stone magazine in which he and his staff insulted the civilian leaders of his country. He was fired for insubordination by Pres. Obama. Even his defenders sai...
Dimaggio: Confirmation Wars
Znet Article, July, 03 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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Critics of the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan are right to complain that the proceedings have degenerated into little more than political theater and grandstanding. The real tragedy behind the hearings, howev...
Solomon: Unanimous Conformity in the Senate
Commentary, July, 03 2010
Norman Solomon
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Every living senator voted Wednesday to approve Gen. David Petraeus as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Jamal: Generals & Presidents
Commentary, July, 02 2010
Mumia Abu Jamal
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The recent Obama-McChrystal tete'a-tete, which resulted in the general submitting his resignation (and the president accepting it) is but an historical echo from conflicts between the army and its civilian leaders, for generations.
Chomsky: The Iranian Threat
Commentary, June, 28 2010
Noam Chomsky
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The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. Congress has just strengthened the sanctions against Iran, with even more severe penalties against foreign companies.
Ali: President Of Cant
Znet Article, June, 17 2010
Tariq Ali
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A year since the White House changed hands, how has the American empire altered? Under the Bush Administration it was widely believed, in both mainstream opinion and much of the amnesiac section of the left, that the United States had fallen under...
