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'the only ones not benefiting in any shape, way or form are the homeowners.”

'Assata is not a threat. If anything, this is a this is a vendetta'

The "democracy" that ten years of US war and occupation left behind in Iraq.

The behavior of the Obama administration gives every Latin American and Caribbean leader pause.

Wage theft, foreclosures, Karzai's petty cash,Gitmo, austerity and more ...

When the votes were tallied at the NLRB regional office in Oakland yesterday, NUHW support in Kaiser’s largest bargaining unit had increased by 15 percent—but SEIU, the vocal opponent of striking, won again with 18,844 votes versus NUHW’s 13,101. (Another 334 workers chose no union.)

The U.S. was wrong to use health workers to target Osama bin Laden.

Most pundits are careful about not advocating for direct U.S. military intervention in Syria (that is left to the Republican politicians who appear on the Sunday shows). But their message boils down to a concern over the credibility of the president's threats of violence more important than the credibility of his evidence. The White House has been saying their reticence is informed by the Iraq debacle; many pundits don't seem to have learned a similar lesson.