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Argentine Lawyer Calls To Light Corruption In Inter-American Development Bank’s Environmental Reviews

This photo shows a 5-year-old who has been diagnosed with leukemia after being exposed to chemicals used in agricultural settings. (Photo courtesy of Graciela Gomez) (MintPress) — Farmers in Argentina have long accused agriculture giant Monsanto for the widespread birth defects experienced by their children, and each year, more and more workers step forward, claiming […]

Trisha Marczak
Por Trisha Marczak
This photo shows a 5-year-old who has been diagnosed with leukemia after being exposed to chemicals used in agricultural settings. (Photo courtesy of Graciela Gomez)

(MintPress) — Farmers in Argentina have long accused agriculture giant Monsanto for the widespread birth defects experienced by their children, and each year, more and more workers step forward, claiming the harsh pesticides are causing health issues and, in some cases, death. Now an Argentine lawyer is calling out the Inter-American Development

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Decline Of US Wages Tied To Decreases In Union Membership

Members of National Nurses United rally at a NATO summit demonstration, Friday, May 18 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (MintPress) — Many GOP lawmakers promote an anti-labor agenda, believing that unions negatively influence relations between workers and management. However, a new study finds that unions are necessary in ensuring equal bargaining power as […]

Martin Michaels
Por Martin Michaels
Members of National Nurses United rally at a NATO summit demonstration, Friday, May 18 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

(MintPress) — Many GOP lawmakers promote an anti-labor agenda, believing that unions negatively influence relations between workers and management. However, a new study finds that unions are necessary in ensuring equal bargaining power as well as a more equitable distribution of corporate profits. The non-partisan study by the Economic Policy

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Media Scoundrels Promote Permanent Wars

Damaged cars that three Iranian scientists, Masoud Ali Mohammadi, right, Majid Shahriari, center, and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, were riding in when they were killed in bombings over the last three years are displayed outside a conference hall hosting the meeting of Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) (CHICAGO) […]

Stephen Lendman
Por Stephen Lendman
Damaged cars that three Iranian scientists, Masoud Ali Mohammadi, right, Majid Shahriari, center, and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, were riding in when they were killed in bombings over the last three years are displayed outside a conference hall hosting the meeting of Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

(CHICAGO) -- Real journalists report issues responsibly. Scoundrels operate by different rules. They play lead U.S. imperial roles. Without them, pretexts for war wouldn't matter. Selling them depends on widespread dissemination. Messages not heard don't exist. Regurgitating official lies legitimizes attacking one nonbelligerent nation after

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Permission To Engage: WikiLeaks Collateral Murder Footage Examined

On July 12 2007 a US apache helicopter shot several Iraqi civilians in an incident that shocked the world when footage of the event was published by whistleblower website, Wikileaks. The footage, taken from the helicopter, shows people fleeing for the safety of buildings being pursued, then the buildings they run to blown up. The […]

Alex Morris
Por Alex Morris
A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up a placard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London, London, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

On July 12 2007 a US apache helicopter shot several Iraqi civilians in an incident that shocked the world when footage of the event was published by whistleblower website, Wikileaks. The footage, taken from the helicopter, shows people fleeing for the safety of buildings being pursued, then the buildings they run to blown up. The attack resulted

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Many Suspected Ineligible CO Voters US Citizens

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue holds up a sample Voter ID after signing the bill into law at the Capitol in Atlanta, Jan. 26, 2006. Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon, sponsor of the Voter ID legislation in the Senate is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) Nearly a third of people whose citizenship and right to […]

Associated Press
Por Associated Press
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue holds up a sample Voter ID after signing the bill into law at the Capitol in Atlanta, Jan. 26, 2006. Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon, sponsor of the Voter ID legislation in the Senate is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

Nearly a third of people whose citizenship and right to vote were questioned by Colorado's secretary of state are actually U.S. citizens, election officials said Wednesday, prompting Democrats to question the motives behind the effort to clean up voting rolls as a tightly contested presidential election approaches. Earlier this month, Republican

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Israeli Court Legitimizes Murder, Reveals Israeli Justice System

Cindy, right, and Craig Corrie, the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, stand together with their daughter Sarah after the district court’s ruling in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Cindy and Craig Corrie hoped for better. So did sister […]

Stephen Lendman
Por Stephen Lendman
Cindy, right, and Craig Corrie, the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, stand together with their daughter Sarah after the district court's ruling in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Cindy and Craig Corrie hoped for better. So did sister Sarah. The world knows Israel murdered their daughter, Rachel, in cold blood. On August 28, Israeli justice ruled otherwise. It’s unsurprising in a nation contemptuous of rule of law principles, democratic values, and life itself. More on the court ruling below. Israel is a rogue terror

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