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Issue: 218

February 22, 2007

Cover Story

The Double Whammy – Deindustrialization and Home Foreclosures

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Economic opportunity, said Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve “should be as widely distributed and as equal as possible”. That was the first of three principles he spelled out for economic policy in a recent speech. Further, he said, “economic outcomes need not be equal but should be linked to the contributions each…

Economic opportunity, said Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve “should be as widely distributed and as equal as possible". That was the first of…

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Guest Commentary

‘One Step at a Time’: An Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Former President of Haiti

By Peter Hallward Guest Commentator

Introduction: In the mid 1980s, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was a young parish priest working in an impoverished and embattled district of Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince. A courageous champion of the rights and dignity of the poor, he soon became the most widely respected spokesman of a growing popular movement against the series of military regimes that…

Introduction: In the mid 1980s, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was a young parish priest working in an impoverished and embattled district of Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince. A courageous…

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Commentary

The Unspoken Truth About Gangs in Haiti

By Kevin Pina Correspondent in Port-au-Prince

Recent military operations by the United Nations in Cite Soleil expose an underlying strategy based on a set of false assumptions set in motion by Bush administration policy makers through the U.S. Embassy in Haiti. The argument for this strategy goes like this: 1. Aristide cultivated and armed networks of gangs to harass his opposition…

Recent military operations by the United Nations in Cite Soleil expose an underlying strategy based on a set of false assumptions set in motion by Bush…

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Commentary

Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 11 – My Vision

By Marilyn Clement

Have you ever thought about how it would feel to have a national single payer healthcare system? To get rid of the unequal and unjust current healthcare system? I have a vision of such a change, and it invades my dreams and keeps me working hard every day. This vision itself makes my work for…

Have you ever thought about how it would feel to have a national single payer healthcare system? To get rid of the unequal and unjust current…

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Commentary

Between The Lines: Uplifting Black America – Looking For Change In All The Wrongs Places

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Black History Month is time when Black America reminds the rest of the world of the significant contributions African Americans have made to the advancement of society. Bombarded with negative images the other months of the year (twelve when you acknowledge that negative imagery doesn’t take a break even in February), Black America—in the collective—finds…

Black History Month is time when Black America reminds the rest of the world of the significant contributions African Americans have made to the advancement of…

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Guest Commentary

Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites Has Grown Larger

By Dr. Melvin L. Oliver, PhD Guest Commentator

Disparities in wealth – or net worth – have shaped the financial inequality existing between blacks and whites for generations, even as racial income differences have somewhat narrowed. That was the authoritative view of a pair of prominent scholars 10 years ago when they published a groundbreaking book on the subject. Now those experts, Melvin…

Disparities in wealth - or net worth - have shaped the financial inequality existing between blacks and whites for generations, even as racial income differences have…

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Commentary

National Affairs: The Couch: Bush Is On It And Congress Should Be

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

It is terrible to find oneself in agreement with an authoritarian thug, with a KGB man who therefore might be by definition (and conduct?) a murderer. But there can be no doubt that the authoritarian thug, Vladimir Putin, was right when he recently said that the United States is “Undermining Global stability” (in the words…

It is terrible to find oneself in agreement with an authoritarian thug, with a KGB man who therefore might be by definition (and conduct?) a murderer.…

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Commentary

Think Piece: The Fierce Urgency of Impeachment

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

Remarks at Emergency Impeachment Conference in New York City, February 17, 2007. It’s an honor to be speaking with these panelists and it’s great to be back in New York. But I want to ask you one thing about New York, because there’s something I heard Senator Hillary Clinton say and I want to know…

Remarks at Emergency Impeachment Conference in New York City, February 17, 2007. It's an honor to be speaking with these panelists and it's great to be…

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