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50% of the 99%

by Laura Carlsen

Honduras Weekly, May-17-2012 | Article

The movement of the 99 percent that began in the United States made visible the human beings who suffer the brutal inequality and injustice of an economic system that, in crisis, required them to sacrifice even more... Read More »

Obama's Biggest Climate Decision of the Year May Be...Palm Oil?

by Glenn Hurowitz

ThinkProgress, May-16-2012 | Article

The Obama administration is poised to make one of the biggest climate policy decisions of its entire administration... Read More »

Posturing on Plutonium

by William D. Hartung

Huffington Post, May-15-2012 | Article

There have been so many bad proposals on defense issues thrown around in the House of Representatives lately it's hard to know where to start... Read More »

Missed Their Chance To Say No to Bribery

by Clark Gascoigne

Wall Street Journal, May-07-2012 | Letter

Holman W. Jenkins Jr.'s ambivalent portrait of the Wal-Mart of Mexico bribery scandal in his April 25 Business World column... Read More »

The F-22: Final Delivery for a Flying Disaster

by William D. Hartung

Huffington Post, May-03-2012 | Article

Lockheed Martin executives describe the plane as "the baddest bird on the planet" and "an icon of American power." The facts suggest otherwise... Read More »

More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five

by Wayne Smith

Radio Cadena Agramonte, Apr-29-2012 | Article

Many Americans seem to believe the now-famous Cuban Five were spies working for Havana against the United States and therefore deserve what they got – years in prison. But that is far from the truth... Read More »

Mexico's False Dilemma

by Laura Carlsen

Counterpunch, Apr-20-2012 | Article

Mexico is currently confronting a human rights crisis. Headlines document the overt violence that has claimed more than 50,000 lives since December 11, 2006 when President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drugs. Yet beneath the bloodshed... Read More »

Tax Dodging Jeopardizes Society at Home and Abroad

by Heather Lowe, Clark Gascoigne

Huffington Post, Apr-17-2012 | Article

Highways, schools and law enforcement. Firefighters, courts and national security. These are just some of the many, essential public services that are funded by our tax dollars... Read More »

Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control

by Tom Barry

AlterNet, Apr-12-2012 | Article

Congress seems more interested in promoting drone proliferation than in oversight. A Washington, D.C., summit seeks to educate the public on the use and abuse of drones... Read More »

Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out

by Tom Barry

Truthout, Apr-11-2012 | Article

Tom Barry interviews Pakistani lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, about the upcoming drone summit in Washington, D.C.... Read More »

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