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 The Day the President Disappeared
 The Real News Network
When the news of an attempted coup d’état was released to the world, many immediately began to point fingers and look for the conspiracy. After all, the President was attacked by the police and being held in the police hospital surrounded by officers for up to ten hours.
U.S. Base Deal for Colombia: Back to the Status Quo
 John Lindsay-Poland & Susana Pimiento
As the dust settles on the August 10 Colombian Constitutional Court ruling declaring invalid the U.S.-Colombia military bases agreement, politicians and analysts are saying that the decision was for the better - but, most of those voices come from former supporters of the deal.
The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning
 James Petras
The abortive military-police coup in Ecuador, which took place on September 30, has raised numerous questions about the role of the US and its allies among the traditional oligarchy and the leftist social movements, Indian organizations and their political parties.
Nine Months After the Quake - a Million Haitians Slowly Dying
 Bill Quigley
Nine months after the quake, over a million people are still homeless in Haiti. Haiti looks like the quake could have been last month. I visited Port-au-Prince shortly after the quake and much of the destruction then looks the same nine months later.
Mexico Seeks to Change its Course in Policing Direction
 Jerry Brewer
Mexico has seen and continues to feel the massive corrosion and destructive impact that organized crime has had on their homeland. Operational strategies against organized crime in Mexico must be addressed on an international scale — this is transnational crime.
Global Doors Slam Shut On Immigrants
 Sara Miller Llana
Around the world, the welcome mat for outsiders is being rolled up on a scale rarely seen in history as economies continue to struggle and worries about cultural identities rise.
Obama Continues Most of Bush's Wiretap Policies
 The Real News Network
Shayana Kadidal: Government refuses to disclose possible wiretapping of civil rights lawyers.
Identity of Black People Recognised, But Needs Neglected
 José Adán Silva
Although their human rights are increasingly recognised, blacks in Mexico and Central America are the poorest and most marginalised people in Latin America, according to experts.
Raids on Activists May Indicate FBI Abuse of Power
 Yana Kunichoff
On the heels of a series of FBI raids on anti-war activists, an FBI whistleblower and constitutional rights groups are calling out the agency for overstepping its bounds, fearing that its increased powers could infringe on First Amendment rights and silence dissent.
Visas No Guarantee for Migrant Worker Rights
 Emilio Godoy
The Mexican recipients of the H2A and H2B visas, created by the U.S. government to regulate seasonal employment, often suffer abuse from their employers in activities that may even involve the crime of human trafficking.
How "The Social Network" Shows Our Reweaving of Conversations
 Megan Garber
Many of the big-time reviews of The Social Network have focused on the film’s characterization of Mark Zuckerberg, "the youngest billionaire in the world." Is he an evil genius - or simply a genius?
 Cubans Flock to Evangelism to Fill Spiritual Vacuum
 Nick Miroff
When Cuban President Raul Castro met with the country's Catholic Church leaders this summer and agreed to free dozens of political prisoners, it was a major boost to an institution facing increased competition for Cuban worshippers.
The Worse Obama Gets, the Better Bush Looks
 Doug Thompson
Is President Barack Obama as bad a leader as his predecessor — the universally despised George W. Bush? A growing number of Americans believe so.
Poor Mexicans Easy Scapegoats in Vicious Drug War
 Julian Cardona
Rights groups say corrupt or ineffective police and soldiers have rounded up hundreds of drug addicts and ordinary people in the manufacturing city across from El Paso, Texas without making major drug busts or arresting top capos.
Brazilian Election: A First-Round Setback for Lula's Protégé
 Nicky Pear
Sunday’s election result in Brazil did not transpire in the way that polls had predicted. Until a week ago, it was widely assumed that Dilma Rousseff of the Worker’s Party (PT) was a shoo-in for victory in the first round of voting. However, as results emerged it became clear that Rousseff had failed to reach the 50% of votes needed to take the presidency without a runoff.
Abolition of the Death Penalty - New 'De Facto' Millennium Goal
 Inter Press Service
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announced Thursday the creation of an International Commission Against the Death Penalty, whose immediate goal is a global moratorium by 2015, to put an end to what he described as the "horror" of capital punishment.
Video: 9/11 Firefighters Reveal Huge Explosions Before Towers Collapsed
 Paul Joseph Watson
Newly obtained video that was reluctantly released by NIST after a lawsuit by the International Center for 9/11 Studies shows two firefighters on 9/11 discussing how secondary explosions occurred immediately before the collapse of the twin towers, providing damning new evidence that explosive devices were used to bring down the buildings.
A Costly and Brutal Anniversary
 Rethink Afghanistan
On October 7, 2010, the Afghanistan War will enter its 10th year. We're fighting to stop this brutal, futile conflict, but we need your help. Maintaining a network of contacts on the ground in Afghanistan and an ongoing campaign here in the U.S. is expensive.
Does a Higher Minimum Wage Reduce Jobs?
 The Real News Network
Arindrajit Dube: New study shows higher minimum wage has little effect on jobs and helps raise other wages.
U.S. and Mexico Struggle to Stop Flow of Weapons Across Border
 William Booth
Efforts to stem the smuggling of weapons from the United States to Mexican drug cartels have been frustrated by bureaucratic infighting, a lack of training and the delayed delivery of a computer program to Mexico, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.
Cash-Strapped States Resurrect US "Debtors' Prisons"
 Nadia Prupis
Two reports published by NYU's Brennan Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reveal a rising trend of patently unconstitutional practices in cash-strapped states, where a growing number of impoverished people are jailed for being unable to pay their legal fees.
Skin Color Linked to Social Inequality in Contemporary Mexico, Study Shows
 Daniel Fowler
Despite the popular, state-sponsored ideology that denies the existence of prejudice based on racial or skin color differences in Mexico, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin provides evidence of profound social inequality by skin color.
How Bonus Army Protest of 1932 Led to Enactment of GI Bill Years Later
 Sherwood Ross
Whether the Bonus March fit into the American narrative or not, it indisputably set the stage for enactment of the GI Bill of Rights, widely regarded as the most positive and uplifting piece of legislation since President Lincoln emancipated the slaves.
Mexico's Growing Legion of Narco Orphans
 Catherine Bremer
Neither Mexico's government nor the various independent groups studying organized crime keep track of the number of children dubbed "narco orphans," who have lost one or both parents to the drug war.
Is Mexico's Drug War Doomed?
 Robert Haddick
With Mexico's legitimate sources of foreign exchange wilting and with the government facing a bloody and open-ended war against the cartels, the prospect of a settlement must be increasingly attractive to Calderón.
Ayn Rand Conservatism at Work - Firefighters Let Family's House Burn Down Because Owner Didn't Pay $75 Fee
 Joshua Holland
Talk of limited government is appealing until you see what it actually means in practice: a society in which it's every man for himself.
Globalism Destroys America's Middle Class
 Dr. Jerome Corsi
A series of reports released by the Census Bureau this month make clear the income gap between the richest and poorest Americans is widening, as free-trade globalism destroys the U.S. middle class.
Human Rights Court: Mexico Responsible for Rapes
 E. Eduardo Castillo
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico on Monday for failing to protect the rights of two indigenous women who were raped by soldiers in 2002.
United States: One Nation With No Jobs
 Lindsay Beyerstein
Organizers say that 175,000 people turned out for the One Nation Working Together rally, which was organized by labor unions, the NAACP, and other progressive groups. In an interview with GritTV's Laura Flanders, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka summed up the agenda: "Jobs, jobs, and more jobs."
Alternative Sentencing Gaining US Acceptance
 Lewis Beale
Changes in attitudes, technology and finances have eroded the stance that a prison cell is the best home for every convicted criminal. Alternative sentencing is finding creative ways to deal with low-level, nonviolent offenders.
Ontario G20 Police Review Director Makes a Pledge
 The Real News Network
Gerry McNeilly: Complaints about G20 policing shows pattern that requires systemic review.
U.N. Warns States on Illegal Immigrant Rights
 Jonathan Lynn
The United Nations said late last week that governments must respect the rights of all migrants, in a statement apparently targeting measures including Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants and French expulsions of Roma.
Bob Woodward's "Obama's Wars" and the Importance of Reportage
 Melvin A. Goodman
Bob Woodward's "Obama's Wars" offers a disturbing account of President Barack Obama's lack of leadership and the flawed decision-making practices of his national security team.
Surveillance: America's Pastime
 Stephan Salisbury
The dried blood on the concrete floor is there for all to see, a stain forever marking the spot on a Memphis motel balcony where Martin Luther King, Jr. lay mortally wounded by a sniper’s bullet. It is a stark and ghostly image speaking to the sharp pain of absence. King is gone. His aides are gone. Only the stain remains. What now?
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