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Scrooge Republicans prefer Pentagon White Elephants to Food Stamps for Poor Children
As of today, Republican cuts in food stamp support present a challenged nearly 23 million American households in keeping their children from hunger. Some 76% […]
Top Ten Reasons the US should Stay out of Iraq and put Conditions on Arms Sales
The US invasion and occupation of Iraq 2003-2011 threw that country into civil war and long-term guerrilla insurgency. Once an insurgency begins, it often lasts […]
Pakistani family testifies to empty room on Hill about US Drone that killed Granny
Congressman Alan Grayson held a hearing on the Hill on Tuesday on civilian deaths in US drone strikes. A Pakistani family, the Ur Rahmans, testified […]
Elites Stick together against Us: Feinstein Slams NSA Merkel Tap
The Snowden revelations that the National Security Agency was scooping up hundreds of millions of American cell phone records that show who they call and […]
Against Demonizing Syria’s Refugees (Seeley)
Nicholas Seeley writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On a sunny fall afternoon, Abdullah joined me for lunch in the sitting room of […]
No Woman, No Drive (Saudi Satire Video)
Hisham Fageeh’s satirical take on a Bob Marley classic: and, ITN reports on this weekend’s protests and interviews Saudi women activists:
America’s Secret 4th Branch of Government: The NSA kept even Obama in the Dark
The revelation from the Snowden Papers that the National Security Agency had German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal cell phone under surveillance has produced a central […]
The World’s Fate hangs on Obama’s Keystone XL Decision (McKibben)
The great Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com: As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has worn on — and it’s now well over two […]
The American Quagmire in Afghanistan by the Numbers (21,565 US Troops Dead or Wounded)
Number of US military personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001: 2,150 Number of US service members wounded in Afghanistan badly enough to go to hospital […]
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