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A blind eye for terror in Colombia

January 14, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In Washington, business interests are pushing the Obama administration to submit a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement for congressional approval. Yet terror prevails under the new regime of President Juan Manuel Santos

Bitter chocolate: Hershey’s candy closes a plant

January 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Where were your Hershey's kisses made?Chances are, the answer is Mexico, not Hershey, Pennsylvania.

“Thank God for the union”: Labor leads on community aid

January 14, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

With the increased attacks on unions from the right wing, it's more important than ever to note just how much organized labor does for the community.

The GOP attack on NPR

January 14, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

The Republicans' main interest in the NPR fights is to destroy this nation's only democratically controlled media.

This is a heat wave, at least in the long term

January 13, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Unfortunately, the Republican Party, especially its Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin / tea party section, either doesn't believe or refuses to believe the truth about climate change.