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Consequences of Republican Power
No sooner had Republican governors finished their oath of office than they were demanding deep concessions from public sector workers in their respective states.
Ghana's Oil Fields Fuel Foreign Investment
Original source: China Daily
Reduce the Deficit Without Increasing Poverty
Congress should take steps to protect anti-poverty "safety net" programs during the federal budget deficit negotiations, a coalition of community and civil rights organizations said this week.In a letter signed by about 20 prominent leaders of civil rights, charitable, family advocacy, and faith-based groups, the coalition pointed to a precedent of exempting anti-poverty programs from automatic cuts in order to reduce the deficit.Since the 1990s, the letter reads, "every automatic budget cut mechanism of the past quarter-century has exempted core low-income assistance programs from any automatic across-the-board cuts triggered when budget targets or fiscal restraint rules were missed or violated.
Chicago Trial: Spotlight on Pakistan
Original source: Peoples' DemocracyThe trial of Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, accused of helping David Coleman Headley in the planning of the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008, has once again focussed attention on Pakistan and the terror networks that are still active within its borders.
Jobs – Where's the Urgency?
Remarks by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, Executive Council on Diplomacy, Army and Navy Club, Washington, DCJune 24, 2011Thank you for the honor of inviting me to speak to you today.
U.S. Smears China’s Aid to Africa
Original sourc: Shanghai Daily
Dangers of Spray-on Sunscreen
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t spray sunscreen a health and environmental nightmare when it seems that more of the sunscreen ends up going up my nose than on the kid at the beach next to me? -- Lillian Robertson, Methuen, MA
Russell, Mao and the Fate of China (Part Four)
The last chapter in Bertrand Russell's The Problem of China is entitled "The Outlook for China." Russell, writing in 1922, thinks that China (due to its population and resources) has the capacity to become the second greatest power in the world (after the United States).
Theme of Obama's Afghanistan Speech: End This War
In an address to the nation, President Obama announced a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Cuban Society: Racial Equality for All
When international institutions like the United Nations affirms that Cuba is among the most advanced nations in the world in the fight against racism, it is recognition to our society that follows the thinking of Jose Marti when he said that “man” includes all races of a nation.
