Latif Autopsy Report Calls Gitmo Death a Suicide: Questions Remain Jason Leopold, Truthout: The cause of death has been ruled a suicide, the manner of death has not yet been disclosed. The list of unanswered questions grows. Read the Article Will the FCC Give Rupert Murdoch the Powerful Gift of Media Consolidation? Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering changes to media cross-ownership rules that watchdogs say could good give Rupert Murdoch's massive conglomerate News Corporation the go-ahead to acquire more big media outlets. Read the Article If the Budget Debate Had a Nate Silver Dean Baker, Truthout: A Nate Silver of the budget debates might force people on both sides to acknowledge that the large short-term budget deficits are simply the result of the economic downturn caused by the collapse of the housing bubble. Read the Article After Black Friday's Strikes, What's Next for Walmart? John Logan, Truthout: For the first time in its half-century history, Walmart is facing labor strife that will not leave the company unchanged. Read the Article Obama Has Power but Risks Republican Wrath Gaining Mideast Peace Ira Chernus, Truthout: Barack Obama may call the shots in the Middle East, but investigations reveal a curious conundrum about who calls the foreign policy shots in the US. The GOP blocks peace. Read the Article The Obama Election: Lessons for a Political Movement Harriet Fraad, Truthout: Obama was elected to arrest US fascism, not because he can deliver hope, jobs, prosperity or a fulfilling life to the majority who elected him; but that majority can become a movement that will achieve those goals. Read the Article Chris Hedges | Stand Still for the Apocalypse Chris Hedges, Truthdig: The continued failure to respond aggressively to climate change will mean that the planet will inevitably warm by at least 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, ushering in an apocalypse. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Florida Republicans Admit to Planned Voter Suppression, and More In today's On the News segment: As many as 10,000 US troops and several thousand NATO troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2014 to "assist" with Afghan security forces and police; a number of Republicans have come forward in recent days to disavow Grover Norquists's pledge to never raise taxes; Republicans in Florida confess the whole plan on Election Day was to suppress voters; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Help Obama Find His Shoes Amy Dean, In These Times: Obama once promised to stand with workers on the issue of collective bargaining rights. Progressives need to pressure Obama to stick up for workers as promised. Read the Article Walmart's Hunger Games Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Walmart hosts its very own "Hunger Games" every Black Friday, waged by poor and working class people - to get discounted appliances, clothes and toys for their kids. But this time the working poor are fighting back. Read the Article As Gaza Is Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC's Role John Pilger, Truthout: In the Middle East, the Israeli state has successfully intimidated the BBC into presenting the theft of Palestinian land and the caging, torturing and killing of its people as an intractable "conflict" between equals. Read the Article It's Mostly Punishment: Testimonies by Veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces From Gaza Oded Naaman, TomDispatch: Among the people best qualified to correct our misconceptions of the situation in the Middle East are the individuals who have been charged with executing a state's policies - in this case, Israeli soldiers themselves. Read the Article The Fiscal Cliff Is an Artificial Crisis Paul Jay, The Real News Network: There isn't any cliff to go off, but for people who believe that a crisis is an opportunity, in order to get the opportunity to shift the taxes more onto the middle class, they have to call it a crisis, says Michael Hudson. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript |
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