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Mr. Obama: Tear Down This War!
 Bernard Weiner
Many of us progressives now in our 60s and 70s spent years of our young lives in "The Sixties" trying to stop the U.S. war in Vietnam. Many in this cohort were beaten, jailed, lost jobs, suffered discrimination. We were, after all, considered "unpatriotic" and "traitors" by government leaders and their rightwing supporters.
Why Are So Many Americans Scared of Undocumented Immigrants?
 Ira Chernus
Since the early 1940s, Americans have feared foreigners invading the nation’s geographical borders, even in relatively prosperous times. But that fear has often grown when there’s also been widespread fear of joblessness and poverty.
Why Is It So Difficult to Run an Honest Election?
 Guillermo Ramón Adames y Suari
Despite the obvious answer, power, there are so many other factors that simply do not help. "Where" is power in Mexico today?
Poor Mexico and the Wicked Americans
 Gwynne Dyer
Suppose I went to Mexico as a tourist and then stayed there illegally, taking work that might otherwise have gone to some deserving Mexican citizen. If I did it, I would not be treated gently by the Mexican authorities. Why does Mexico believe that its own citizens who are illegally in the United States deserve better treatment?
Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values
 Norman Solomon
If President Obama has his way, Elena Kagan will replace John Paul Stevens - and the Supreme Court will move rightward. The nomination is very disturbing, especially because it's part of a pattern.
 Greg Palast - Behind the Immigration Law (Video)
 Greg Palast
Greg Palast has investigated the illegal disenfranchisement of voters for BBC Television, "Rolling Stone" (with Robert Kennedy Jr.), "Harper's," "The Nation" and Truthout.org.
Obama Leads America’s Goose-Stepping March Towards a Fascist State
 Doug Thompson
As the economy continues to sputter and ill-conceived wars in Iraq and Afghanistan remain stalled, the erratic administration of Barack Obama can point to progress on one front: America’s headlong rush from a free society to a fascist state.
 Color Lines: A Fantasy Supreme Court
 Jamilah King
With President Obama poised to nominate his second Supreme Court justice any day now, we asked some of our favorite court watchers to weigh in with their own fantasy picks.
Mexico's State of Impunity
 Laura Carlsen
Impunity is not merely a lack of justice and due punishment; it's an incubator of violence and crime. When impunity becomes state policy, the rule of law crumbles.
When Reform Is a Slippery Slope
 Ruth Marcus
"What's the matter with Arizona?" is the obvious question about the state's new immigration law. There are a few obvious answers - and a not-so-obvious one that I was surprised to hear from observers across the political spectrum here.
Governor Candidate Alexander: Whitman’s Tax Plan will Doom California Budget
 Peace and Freedom Party
California Governor Candidate Stewart Alexander says “Meg Whitman’s fiscal road map for California leads directly to Wall Street, it’s a plan that will benefit the richest 1 percent of Californians and create a junk bond credit rating for California.”
What Happens in Arizona Is Everybody's Business
 Connie Schultz
The argument goes something like this: If you don't live in Arizona, you have no business meddling in its immigration problems. After all, what's it to Midwesterners if Arizona makes it a crime not to carry proof of immigration status?
Facing Overpopulation
 Guillermo Ramón Adames y Suari
Everybody seems to complain of the unavailability of fresh water. Unavailability of energy. Overcrowded transportation systems. Contaminated environments. Amasssing amounts of garbage. Lack of space. Etc. It is true: Everybody seems to complain about a lack of something or other. Nobody seems to offer or even suggest a potential solution.
Second Thoughts on the Presidency of George W. Bush
 Steven Thomas
Once considered by some as the worst President of modern times, former President George W. Bush’s legacy may be ready for rehab.
 By the Time I Get to Arizona
 William Rivers Pitt
Rap and hip-hop have never been my cup of tea, for the most part. But ever since the governor of Arizona put pen to paper and officially designated every brown-skinned person in the state to be criminally suspicious the moment they walk out their door, an old Public Enemy song has been running through my head.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The U.S. (in)Justice System
 Mikhail Lyubanksy
I've been reading, talking, and thinking a lot about justice lately. And the deeper I get into it, the more evident it is that our justice system isn't meeting our needs. What we want, I think, is a justice system that produces not just rehabilitation, but redemption. Is it any wonder that Shawshank speaks to us the way it does?
The Immigrant Hustle
 Mr. Mafioso
Most of today’s youth generation either forgot or don’t bother to know how their ancestors made it up from the bottom. A hint: It wasn’t sleeping until noon and giving 60% in the workplace.
Obama, American Guns and Mexican Mayhem
 Bernd Debusmann
During a visit to Mexico a year ago, President Barack Obama promised he would urge the U.S. Senate to ratify an international treaty designed to curb the flow of weapons to Latin American drug cartels. It remains just that - a promise. Prospects for ratification are virtually zero.
Value Crisis
 Guillermo Ramón Adames y Suari
Definitely our society in its current evolution does not seem to have any respect for anything and even worse, not even respect for ourselves. We seem to accept anything: Any type of corruption both from and to ourselves.
Behind The Arizona Immigration Law: GOP Game to Swipe the November Election
 PVNN
Don't be fooled. The way the media plays the story, it was a wave of racist, anti-immigrant hysteria that moved Arizona Republicans to pass a sick little law, signed last week, requiring every person in the state to carry papers proving they are US citizens. I don't buy it.
Arizona's Act of Vengeance
 Eugene Robinson
Arizona's draconian new immigration law is an abomination - racist, arbitrary, oppressive, mean-spirited, unjust. About the only hopeful thing that can be said is that the legislation, which Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed Friday, goes so outrageously far that it may well be unconstitutional.
Not Even in South Park?
 Ross Douthat
In a way, Comedy Central's recent muzzling of “South Park” is no more disquieting than any other example of Western institutions’ cowering before the threat of Islamist violence.
What's Behind the Republicans Fielding 32 Black Candidates for Congress in 2010?
 Rich Benjaman
In remarks at DePaul University this week, Michael Steele, the Republican leader, declared that his party hadn't "done a very good job" courting black votes.
Interview of Mexican Drug Lord: Much Ado About Too Little
 Patrick Corcoran
Julio Scherer, Mexico's dean of journalism, provoked oceans of commentary with a recent interview of one of the nation's most notorious fugitives: alleged drug trafficker Ismael Zambada.
Why Public Tolerates Politicians Who Lie
 Sherwood Ross
If you've ever wondered why the public tolerates politicians who lie to them it's likely that they "don't have a high expectation that they'll tell the truth" in the first place, a noted ethicist says.
Euro On Way To a Crash?
 The Real News Network
Jayati Ghosh: The future of the eurozone itself is now at stake.
Time for a Change? Start at Home
 Doug Thompson
Change won’t come from rallying behind lost causes like Ron Paul or participating in staged photo ops for the industry-backed “Tea Party.” Change comes with becoming an active citizen rather than just an “activist.”
Journalism's Parasites
David Sirota
No matter how much this week's Pulitzer Prize triumphalism hides it, the fact remains that journalism these days is "a disaster," as Ted Koppel said recently. And unfortunately, retrospection dominates the news industry's self-analysis.
Sarah Palin: A Phony Populist for a Phony Movement
 Doug Thompson
Sarah Palin is a twit: There’s little doubt about that. A rich twit, yes, and a pantyhose populist to the uneducated, uninformed and ignorant masses that make up so much of the rabid right in this county.
Alleviating Conflict in Mexico is a Shared Responsibility
 Jerry Brewer
The simple response to the highly complex and heinous human misery and carnage being suffered by the Mexican populace is joint strategies and a clear shared vision with the U.S.
Truth Has Fallen and Taken Liberty With It
 Paul Craig Roberts
There was a time when the pen was mightier than the sword. That was a time when people believed in truth and regarded truth as an independent power and not as an auxiliary for government, class, race, ideological, personal, or financial interest. Today Americans are ruled by propaganda.
Tourists Urged to Skip Morocco
Sherwood Ross
Moroccan tourist officials may well boast of their luxury hotels designed to lure European and North American tourists, but the regime of King Mohammed VI has much less to say about the hell-on-earth that is his prison system and of the torture of those inside.
Nine Myths About Socialism in the US
 Bill Quigley
Glenn Beck and other far right multi-millionaires are claiming that the US is hot on the path toward socialism. Part of their claim is that the US is much more generous and supportive of our working and poor people than other countries. People may wish it was so, but it is not.
Why More Immigrants Are an Answer to the Coming Boomer Entitlement Mess
 Robert Reich
This year Social Security will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes. The tipping point came sooner than anyone expected because the recession has kicked so many people off payrolls. But it was coming anyway. And it adds new urgency to reforming Social Security.
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