Friday, April 02, 2010

Forgetting Dr. King's Dream of Justice

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
April 2, 2010

Forty-two years ago, on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee.

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The Bomb-Bomb-Iran 'Parlor Game'

By Robert Parry
April 2, 2010

Normally, if two countries with powerful nuclear arsenals were openly musing about attacking a third country over mere suspicions that it might want to join the nuclear club, we’d tend to sympathize with the non-nuclear underdog as the victim of bullying and possible aggression.

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Thursday, April 01, 2010

US Recants Zubaydah's Terror Charges

By Jason Leopold
April 1, 2010

The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah, the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to the torture of waterboarding and other White House-approved “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A Method to Republican 'Madness'

By Robert Parry
March 31, 2010

Washington’s conventional wisdom for explaining the intensity of Republican obstructionism toward President Barack Obama breaks down one of two ways: either it’s a philosophical disagreement over the role of government or a desperate need to stay in line with a radicalized right-wing base.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

King's Prophetic Words of Peace

By Gary G. Kohls
March 30, 2010

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death,” warned Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous speech at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967, 43 years ago this Easter Sunday.

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Why Pope Benedict Must Resign

By Daniel C. Maguire
March 28, 2010

Milwaukee has now replaced Boston and other competing centers as the epicenter of priest sexual crimes against children.

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

A Surprise Tea-Party Confrontation

By Richard L. Fricker
March 28, 2010

When I visited the Capitol grounds on March 21, the day the House of Representatives passed healthcare reform, I was aware that some protesters there had been directing violence, threats and insults against members of Congress, but I was surprised when I ended up on the receiving end of some abuse myself.

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Chalking Up a Win on Student Loans

By Jeff Cohen
March 28, 2010

We won!

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US-Israeli Relations at a Crossroads

By Melvin A. Goodman
March 28, 2010

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban once said that the Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Well, the same can be said for the Israelis and particularly their prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Welcoming a CIA Official at Fordham

By Debra Sweet
March 28, 2010

I'm not sure what was worse; sitting in an auditorium for a speech by the head of CIA clandestine operations, or having most of the audience give a standing ovation afterward. There were some low points in between, too.

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