A World Made by War
How Old Will You Be When the American War State Goes Down? Tom Engelhardt TomsDispatch When you look at me, you can’t mistake the fact…
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World stocks up as G-20 vows to avoid currency war
Carlo Piavano Associated Press LONDON — World stocks rose and the dollar slumped Monday after global finance chiefs vowed to avoid a currency war that…
Veteran Suicides Outnumber US Military Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan: REPORT
Nadia Prupis Truthout More than 1,000 veterans in California under 35 died after returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan between 2005 and 2008 – three…
G20 Agreement Gives Emerging Countries More Power in IMF
Lesley Wroughton Reuters A G20 agreement to give emerging market countries more power in the International Monetary Fund opens the door for breakthroughs on easing…
Immigrant vets face deportation despite service
Juliana Barbassa Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Up to 8,000 non-citizens enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces every year and serve alongside American troops. If…
Pakistan resists US push to expand terror fight
Qureshi and Clinton 2009 (AP) Associated Press ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s foreign minister says the country’s military will deal with a key Taliban sanctuary along the…
Obama ramping up CIA infiltration of Pakistan: report
AFP The United States is trying to expand a secret CIA operation designed to eliminate radical Islamic militants’ havens located in Pakistan near the Afghan…
WikiLeaks: At Least 109,000 Killed During Iraq War
Nearly 400,000 Military Documents Reportedly Contain Details on Iraqi Torture, U.S. Misdeeds Russell Goldman and Luis Martinez ABC News The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks today released…
Cybershark Feeding Frenzy
Joseph Allen TakiMag The perverse coupling of surveillance and exhibitionism forms a cornerstone of American technocracy. Most Americans, be they liberals or libertarians, are unnerved…
A Major Legal Victory in the Fight for Hormone-Free Milk
After two years, a federal court has ruled that Ohio’s ban on the labeling of dairy products as hormone-free is unconstitutional. Jeff Deasy Alternet After…
G20 struggles to find common ground on currency war, triggers US push for trade caps
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations struggled to agree on how to prevent a currency war on Friday, with the United States switching…
Injustice in the age of Obama
Barack Obama, a former law professor, should have a healthy respect for civil liberties, but his actions suggest not. Cindy Sheehan AlJazeera Since being the…
Pentagon Will Help Homeland Security Department Fight Domestic Cyberattacks
Boston Globe Thom Shanker The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has adopted new procedures for using the Defense Department’s vast array of…
NASA Moon Bombing Turns Up Twice as Much Water as Initially Measured
Alicia Chang Associated Press LOS ANGELES — When NASA blasted a hole in the moon last year in search of water, scientists figured there would…