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Obama Settles on 2012 Campaign Slogan 'I'm Not as Bad as Palin' (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 18, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Barack Obama's prospects for reelection are much worse than his handlers think. There's a big opening for the GOP to retake the White House in 2012 and ...
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Throw Out the Money Changers (Chris Hedges)
Apr. 18, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- These are remarks Chris Hedges made in Union Square in New York City last Friday during a protest outside a branch office of the Bank of America. We stand today ...
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Emergency chief takes action against Benton Harbor, Mich. (AP)
Apr. 16, 2011 -- BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A state-appointed emergency financial manager has suspended the decision-making powers of Benton Harbor officials in a move that's likely the first act ...
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Fukushima Reactors Are a 'Ticking Time Bomb,' Japanese Govt in Denial (Michio Kaku)
Scientist Michio Kaku: When we hear "that things are stable, it’s only stable in the sense that you’re dangling from a cliff hanging by your fingernails." Democracy Now Apr. 13, 2011 AMY ...
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Slip-sliding into Recession (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 15, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- In June, the Fed's bond buying binge (QE2) will end and the economy will have to muddle through on its own. And, that's going to be tough-sledding, ...
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What if Your President's Just Not That Into You? (Bill McKibben)
Apr. 15, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- Tomorrow in Washington, at the sprawling and wonderful Power Shift, a few of us are on a panel titled "What If Your President's Just Not That Into You?" Funny ...
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The Y Article: The Pentagon's Secret Plan to Slash its Own Budget (John Norris)
Apr. 15, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (Foreign Policy) -- On Friday, April 8, as members of the U.S. Congress engaged in a last-minute game of chicken over the federal budget, the Pentagon quietly issued a ...
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Staying Human: The Heroic Legacy of Vittorio Arrigoni (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Apr. 20, 2011 -- “Dear Mary,” wrote Italian justice activist Vittorio Arrigoni to a friend. “Do you (know who) will be on the boats?... I’m still in Gaza, waiting ...
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Endless War and Empire: Your Tax Dollars at Work (Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis)
Apr. 14, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- While our fiscal woes have led Congress to slash food aid this year to the world’s poor -- rest assured, fellow Americans -- the U.S. government will ...
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Spain Declines to Investigate Alleged Guantanamo Bay Torture after Receiving US Assurances (AP)
Apr. 14, 2011 -- MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish judge has thrown out a request that he probe six senior Bush administration officials accused of creating a legal framework for the torture of terror ...
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The False Debate on the Debt (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 13, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain they have ...
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