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Obama tacitly OKs military takeover 

President Obama is making a big mistake in coddling the dictatorship in Honduras and putting his administration at odds with the rest of the...

Obama's got a good plan, but we may actually need to spend more 

WASHINGTON - Nobody needs to be told our economy is going down the tubes at a rate unseen for decades. Every week brings new numbers that...

Pro/Con: Should Congress renegotiate the North American Free Trade 

THE LONG-AWAITED "Battle in Seattle" opens Sept. 19-26 in movie theaters across the country. It's a rare combination of high drama and...

Act will revive economy by restoring the workers' right to organize 

While it hasn't gotten much attention, one of the most important issues that our elections this November could decide is the future of...

Law would protect the right to organize 

By MARK WEISBROT

WHILE IT hasn't gotten much attention, one of the most important issues that our elections this November could...

Drilling in sensitive areas no panacea for our gas-guzzlers 

WASHINGTON - "Gas prices - $4, $5, no end in sight, because some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America," says the...

Bush tries to hide policy failures 

CARACAS, Venezuela - Of all the nonsense that we hear regularly about Venezuela, the idea that the country is a "security threat" is...

Stimulus far too little, too late to overcome housing-bubble fallout 

As the economy shifts into reverse gear and the Congress and president work out the details of a proposed fiscal stimulus, some are asking...

U.S. media parrots charge that Chavez is dictatorial, anti-American 

If we read the newspapers and watch television in the United States, we are told that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is a "dictator,"...

Housing bubble assures recession 

In the baseball-and-sex movie classic Bull Durham, Susan Sarandon accidentally calls out the wrong name in the heat of passion and makes a...