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Food Stamps Go to a Record 37.2 Million, USDA Says
By Alan Bjerga A record 37.2 million people, or about one out of every eight Americans, received food stamps in September, as the recession drove a surging jobless rate, according to a government report. http://www.inform ationclearinghouse.info/ar ticle24163.htm... ...
Truth be told, Iraq is still a living hell
Neither the White House nor the McCain campaign will tell you any of this. Without saying so explicitly, the Republicans leave the impression that Iraq is now a nearly pacific place. But let's look at... ...
More Attacks on Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker writes for Truthout, "Last month, a bipartisan group of prominent budget experts had a press event at the Brookings Institution where they argued that ... major cuts in Social Security, Medicare... ...
McCain’s Incoherent New World Order
by Cliff Kincaid Does McCain’s vision look like an emerging world government? It is certainly a variation of “global governance,” which is the proposal that former Clinton State Department official Strobe... ...
Waxman: Blackwater Cost-Cutting to Blame for 2004 Fallujah Ambush
Spencer Ackerman for TPM Muckraker reports that "right on the heels of a Brookings Institution report detailing the problems private military companies create for counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq, Representative... ...
A War We Just Might Win
Green Zone, Red Zone Tom Engelhardt, writing for The Nation says: "Under the headline, 'A War We Just Might Win,' The New York Times published an op-ed by Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution... ...
The really smart, serious, credible Iraq experts
Salon by Glenn Greenwald 07/30/07 What is the most vivid and compelling evidence of how broken our political system is? It is that the exact same people who urged us into the war in Iraq, were wrong... ...
Will Javier Solana and co. Expand 'Global Governance'?
by Attorney Constance Cumbey At the February 14th New York City event, “dear Javier” was introduced by German Ambassador to the USA, Klaus Scharioth as “The Face and Voice of Europe.” Five weeks later,... ...
More than one crisis at World Bank
Christian Science Monitor 05/15/07 Whether Paul Wolfowitz remains president of the World Bank or not, the furor over his leadership raises questions about the importance of reforming the policies and... ...
Displaced urge Iraqi Red Crescent to return to work
Displaced families in the capital, Baghdad, have urged the Iraqi Red Crescent Society to continue supporting people who have been displaced as a result of sectarian violence. "We need urgent help because... ...