Recently posted February 8, 2008
Anthony Arnove documents the crimes of the Indonesian dictator Suharto that the media neglected to report in its obituaries.
Home foreclosures hit record levels in 2007--and there's a lot worse to come. That's the view of both homeowners' advocates and Wall Street firms.
George W. Bush's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009 is a perfect capstone to his administration's relentless service to the super-rich.
: Lee Sustar As politicians maneuvered in peace talks, the death toll topped 1,000 as the result of violence that followed Kenya's rigged elections.
If current projections hold, 2008 has the potential of being equivalent for the Democrats what 1980 was for the Republicans.
George Bush claims that the U.S. has never been doing better in Iraq. But the view is very different among Iraqis.
With the vote so close between Clinton and Obama, attention is finally being paid to the Democratic Party's superdelegates.
The U.S. Senate looks set to rubberstamp a Bush administration demand that its new spying powers be made permanent.
The anti-immigrant politics of the Ron Paul campaign align it with Bush's "war on terror" and the Minuteman-like hate groups.
Abortion is harder to obtain for many women today than several decades ago, and support for the right to choose has declined.
After scoring in his team's victory against Sudan, Mohamed Aboutreika lifted his jersey to reveal a T-shirt that read "Sympathize with Gaza."
Press reports suggest a deal is near between the Writers Guild of America and major Hollywood studios.
Director John Sayles sets the birth of rock and its intersection with the blues at the heart of his new film, Honeydripper.
Beneath the towering double row of border fences, immigrant rights activists began the third Marcha Migrante from San Diego to the Canadian border.
Abortion in the movies | What faces a pregnant teenager?
Danbury, Conn., immigrant rights | Make Democrats debate the war | Winter Soldier at Fort Drum | Shut down the SOA | Protesting anti-choice bigots in S.F.
February 1, 2008
The wild swings on stock markets worldwide are highlighting fears that a severe recession is around the corner--if not already here.
: Elizabeth Schulte Defying police, Palestinians poured across the border into Egypt after a section of the 33-foot-high border wall came down.
The young men and women sent to fight in Iraq who manage to return home physically intact soon learn that their struggle may have just begun.
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