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Women Hurt Most by Debt Deal Cuts to Medicare, Social Security, Tuition; Guatemalan Soldiers Sentenced to 6,060 Years in Prison for Role in 1982 Massacre; Video Report from Cairo: Egyptians Celebrate as Mubarak Stands Trial for Murder, Corruption; Failed Education Reform in Chile Prompts Hunger Strikes, Protests by Thousands of Students. Today’s Headlines Witnesses: … Continued
Rep. Donna Edwards on Why She Voted Against Debt Deal: “A Bad Framework for the Future”; Economist Dean Baker Predicts A “Really Bad Deal or No Deal” from Deficit “Super Committee”; Syrian Forces Attack Civilians in Hama as U.N. Security Council Wavers on Condemning Crackdown; Thousands Protest Widening Inequality in Israel, But Calls Ignore Occupation … Continued
After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street & Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal; As Ramadan Begins, Assad Regime Intensifies Deadly Crackdown on Syrian Protesters; Syrian Activist Razan Zaitouneh: Assad Regime the Lone “Terrorist Group” Inside Syria; Ahead of Mubarak Trial, Egyptian Forces Forcibly Remove Protesters from Tahrir Square. Today’s Headlines House Backs Debt … Continued
Wealth Gap Between Minorities and White Americans Doubles After Housing Crisis, Recession; Richard Wolff: Debt Showdown is “Political Theater” Burdening Society’s Most Vulnerable. Today’s Headlines United Nations Begins Emergency Aid Airlifts in Somalia House GOP to Force Debt Ceiling Vote IMF: Debt Deal Failure Would Have “Far-Reaching” Consequences Constituents Flood Lawmakers with Concerns on … Continued
Norwegian Shooting Suspect’s Views Echo Xenophobia of Right-Wing Extremists in U.S., Europe; Before Death, Acclaimed “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Author Stieg Larsson Lamented Right-Wing Extremism; Dave Zirin on NFL Players’ “Remarkable” Labor Victory and How the Bank Bailout Slam-Dunked the NBA. Today’s Headlines U.N.: Horn of Africa Hunger Crisis to Worsen Congressional … Continued
Eyewitness to Norwegian Massacre: Survivor Recalls Attack at Island Youth Camp; Norway Attacks Reveal Growing Violent, Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Europe; Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose U.S. Media’s Double Standard on “Terrorism”; EXCLUSIVE: Fired Army Whistleblower Receives $970K for Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contract in Iraq. Today’s Headlines U.N. Prepares to Airlift Food to Drought-Stricken Horn … Continued
Hundreds of Same-Sex Couples Marry in New York, from Niagara Falls to Manhattan; Pioneering Comedian Roseanne Barr on Her Life on Screen as a “Working-Class Domestic Goddess.” Today’s Headlines • Norway: Right-Wing Extremist Kills 93 People in Duel Attacks • Norway Killer’s Manifesto Rails Against “Islamization” of Europe • News Outlets Initially Blamed Norway Attacks … Continued
