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– How Obama Blew the Great Debt Ceiling Battle of 2011, Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St Clair
– Women and the World of Work in the Americas. A case of double discrimination against women at work: American Prisons, Claude Guillaumaud-Pujol
– Top 10 Ways the US is the Most (...)
Exactly a half-century ago, in 1964, a President of the United States announced a “war on poverty.” That war would soon dominate the nation’s domestic political discourse — and make a real difference. Over the next 10 years, America’s official poverty rate dropped from 19 to 11.2 percent.
In (...)
Beersheba (Ma’an) — An Israeli court in Beersheba extended the detention of 13 prisoners arrested while taking part in anti-Prawer protests in the Negev on Saturday.
The detainees are named Atef Abu al-Qi’an, 26, Atef Abu Ayyash, 43, Osama Nasasra, 18, Obeida al-Hawashla, 20, Jamal (...)